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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	Denmark	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	5,322	433
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	5,339	438
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	5,358	443
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	5,377	448
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	5,391	454
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	5,404	460
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	5,420	467
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	5,438	474
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	5,461	482
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	5,494	491
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	5,524	500
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	5,548	509
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	5,571	521
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	5,592	533
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	5,614	547
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	5,644	560
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	5,683	571
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	5,730	586
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	5,766	599
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	5,795	610
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	5,818	623
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	5,831	633
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	5,855	643
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	5,907	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

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