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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	Norway
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	4,463
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	4,492
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	4,515
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	4,539
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	4,566
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	4,593
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	4,624
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	4,662
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	4,710
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	4,769
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	4,830
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	4,890
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	4,954
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	5,020
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	5,081
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	5,138
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	5,191
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	5,237
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	5,278
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	5,313
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	5,349
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	5,380
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	5,409
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	5,458

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

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995