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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	Burkina Faso	Oman	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	11,075	2,348	627
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	11,405	2,403	659
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	11,828	2,457	691
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	12,380	2,510	724
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	12,829	2,562	757
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	13,178	2,613	850
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	13,540	2,663	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	13,917	2,713	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	14,309	2,764	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	14,722	2,816	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	15,152	2,871	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	15,600	2,928	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	16,064	2,986	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	16,563	3,047	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	17,072	3,110	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	17,575	3,174	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	18,094	3,240	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	18,621	3,307	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	19,157	3,375	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	19,698	3,444	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	20,242	3,512	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	20,788	3,582	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	21,336	3,651	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	21,889	3,696	2,559

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

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