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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	Oman	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	2,348	277
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	2,403	281
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	2,457	285
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	2,510	288
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	2,562	289
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	2,613	293
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	2,663	296
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	2,713	304
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	2,764	311
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	2,816	319
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	2,871	319
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	2,928	318
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	2,986	319
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	3,047	321
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	3,110	324
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	3,174	327
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	3,240	331
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	3,307	335
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	3,375	343
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	3,444	353
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	3,512	361
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	3,582	366
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	3,651	372
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	3,696	380

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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