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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	North Korea	Oman	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	22,594	2,348	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	22,785	2,403	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	22,977	2,457	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	23,165	2,510	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	23,330	2,562	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	23,477	2,613	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	23,621	2,663	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	23,764	2,713	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	23,908	2,764	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	24,051	2,816	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	24,191	2,871	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	24,326	2,928	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	24,457	2,986	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	24,589	3,047	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	24,720	3,110	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	24,852	3,174	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	24,983	3,240	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	25,115	3,307	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	25,248	3,375	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	25,381	3,444	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	25,497	3,512	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	25,608	3,582	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	25,711	3,651	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	25,808	3,696	31,058

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

North Korea

1911-1940: 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.
1990-2011: 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.

No separate list is published for Oman, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.