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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	Oman	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	2,348	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	2,403	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	2,457	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	2,510	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	2,562	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	2,613	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	2,663	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	2,713	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	2,764	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	2,816	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	2,871	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	2,928	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	2,986	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	3,047	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	3,110	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	3,174	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	3,240	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	3,307	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	3,375	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	3,444	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	3,512	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	3,582	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	3,651	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	3,696	7,387

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

No separate list is published for Oman, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.