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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 KoreaOmanFinland
46,6172,3485,166
47,0082,4035,176
47,3702,4575,188
47,6452,5105,201
47,8922,5625,213
48,0832,6135,228
48,1852,6635,246
48,4382,7135,266
48,6842,7645,289
49,0552,8165,313
49,3082,8715,339
49,5542,9285,363
49,9372,9865,388
50,2003,0475,414
50,4293,1105,439
50,7473,1745,463
51,0153,2405,481
51,2183,3075,495
51,3623,3755,508
51,5853,4445,516
51,7653,5125,522
51,8363,5825,531
51,7453,6515,542
51,7313,6965,556

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

Finland

  • 1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
  • 1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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