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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	Qatar	Luxembourg	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	627	433	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	659	438	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	691	443	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	724	448	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	757	454	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	850	460	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	467	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	474	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	482	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	491	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	500	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	509	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	521	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	533	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	547	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	560	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	571	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	586	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	599	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	610	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	623	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	633	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	643	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	651	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.

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 Qatar, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.