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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandLibyaSouth Korea
2774,99346,617
2815,11647,008
2855,23747,370
2885,35747,645
2895,47647,892
2935,59548,083
2965,71548,185
3045,83548,438
3115,96748,684
3196,11549,055
3196,27049,308
3186,43249,554
3196,14449,937
3215,84950,200
3246,01050,429
3276,16350,747
3316,29151,015
3356,41551,218
3436,54951,362
3536,68951,585
3616,82651,765
3666,96051,836
3727,08851,745
3807,16951,731

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Iceland

  • 1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

South Korea

  • 1911-1990: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing
  • 1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Libya; the database as a whole is cited above.