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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 South KoreaBosnia & HerzegovinaOman
46,6173,8112,348
47,0083,9012,403
47,3703,9192,457
47,6453,9232,510
47,8923,9402,562
48,0833,9752,613
48,1853,9912,663
48,4383,9932,713
48,6843,9902,764
49,0553,9872,816
49,3083,9852,871
49,5543,9832,928
49,9373,9802,986
50,2003,9773,047
50,4293,9733,110
50,7473,9683,174
51,0153,9633,240
51,2183,9573,307
51,3623,9513,375
51,5853,9443,444
51,7653,9373,512
51,8363,9293,582
51,7453,9213,651
51,7313,8763,696

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

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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