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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 KoreaOmanSt. Lucia
46,6172,348152
47,0082,403153
47,3702,457154
47,6452,510155
47,8922,562156
48,0832,613157
48,1852,663157
48,4382,713158
48,6842,764159
49,0552,816160
49,3082,871160
49,5542,928161
49,9372,986162
50,2003,047162
50,4293,110163
50,7473,174163
51,0153,240164
51,2183,307164
51,3623,375165
51,5853,444166
51,7653,512166
51,8363,582167
51,7453,651167
51,7313,696167

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.