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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	South Korea	Bangladesh	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	132,907	433
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	135,207	438
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	137,420	443
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	139,573	448
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	141,650	454
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	143,644	460
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	145,546	467
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	147,376	474
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	149,047	482
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	150,562	491
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	152,189	500
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	153,927	509
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	155,634	521
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	157,326	533
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	158,999	547
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	160,650	560
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	162,273	571
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	163,938	586
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	165,655	599
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	167,358	610
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	169,045	623
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	170,709	633
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	172,354	643
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	174,217	651

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

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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