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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	Luxembourg	South Korea	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	433	46,617	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	438	47,008	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	443	47,370	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	448	47,645	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	454	47,892	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	460	48,083	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	467	48,185	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	474	48,438	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	482	48,684	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	491	49,055	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	500	49,308	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	509	49,554	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	521	49,937	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	533	50,200	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	547	50,429	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	560	50,747	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	571	51,015	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	586	51,218	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	599	51,362	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	610	51,585	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	623	51,765	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	633	51,836	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	643	51,745	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	651	51,731	31,058

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

No separate list is published for Luxembourg, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.