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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 MoroccoOmanSouth Korea
28,4002,34846,617
28,7442,40347,008
29,0942,45747,370
29,4472,51047,645
29,8062,56247,892
30,1692,61348,083
30,5522,66348,185
30,9532,71348,438
31,3542,76448,684
31,7542,81649,055
32,1542,87149,308
32,5532,92849,554
32,9512,98649,937
33,3463,04750,200
33,7373,11050,429
34,1243,17450,747
34,5113,24051,015
34,8983,30751,218
35,2793,37551,362
35,6533,44451,585
36,0183,51251,765
36,3753,58251,836
36,7233,65151,745
37,1013,69651,731

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 Morocco, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.