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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Madagascar	Oman	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	15,259	2,348	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	15,707	2,403	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	16,162	2,457	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	16,631	2,510	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	17,114	2,562	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	17,610	2,613	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	18,120	2,663	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	18,641	2,713	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	19,173	2,764	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	19,717	2,816	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	20,272	2,871	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	20,837	2,928	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	21,413	2,986	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	21,999	3,047	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	22,593	3,110	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	23,196	3,174	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	23,806	3,240	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	24,423	3,307	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	25,044	3,375	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	25,671	3,444	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	26,302	3,512	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	26,936	3,582	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	27,573	3,651	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	28,237	3,696	51,731

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.

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