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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	Oman	Slovenia
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	2,348	1,998
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	2,403	2,004
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	2,457	2,006
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	2,510	2,009
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	2,562	2,010
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	2,613	2,011
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	2,663	2,015
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	2,713	2,022
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	2,764	2,033
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	2,816	2,036
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	2,871	2,056
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	2,928	2,063
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	2,986	2,067
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	3,047	2,071
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	3,110	2,074
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	3,174	2,076
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	3,240	2,078
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	3,307	2,079
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	3,375	2,081
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	3,444	2,087
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	3,512	2,104
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	3,582	2,118
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	3,651	2,123
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	3,696	2,124

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

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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