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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	Oman	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	2,348	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	2,403	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	2,457	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	2,510	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	2,562	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	2,613	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	2,663	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	2,713	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	2,764	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	2,816	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	2,871	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	2,928	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	2,986	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	3,047	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	3,110	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	3,174	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	3,240	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	3,307	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	3,375	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	3,444	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	3,512	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	3,582	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	3,651	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	3,696	55,924

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

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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