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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	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	2,348	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	2,403	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	2,457	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	2,510	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	2,562	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	2,613	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	2,663	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	2,713	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	2,764	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	2,816	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	2,871	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	2,928	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	2,986	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	3,047	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	3,110	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	3,174	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	3,240	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	3,307	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	3,375	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	3,444	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	3,512	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	3,582	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	3,651	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	3,696	7,666

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, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.