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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Thailand	Oman	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	277	59,748	2,348	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	281	60,165	2,403	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	285	60,746	2,457	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	288	61,323	2,510	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	289	61,884	2,562	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	293	62,425	2,613	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	296	62,956	2,663	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,467	2,713	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	311	63,937	2,764	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	319	64,381	2,816	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	319	64,804	2,871	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	318	65,208	2,928	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	319	65,599	2,986	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	321	65,970	3,047	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	324	66,332	3,110	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	327	66,673	3,174	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	331	66,975	3,240	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	335	67,250	3,307	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	343	67,506	3,375	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	353	67,750	3,444	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	361	67,975	3,512	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	366	68,180	3,582	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	372	68,366	3,651	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	380	68,457	3,696	51,731

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.

All data sources

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.

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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 Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.