Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Add a country

Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	Oman	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	2,348	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	2,403	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	2,457	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	2,510	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	2,562	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	2,613	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	2,663	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	2,713	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	2,764	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	2,816	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	2,871	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	2,928	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	2,986	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	3,047	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	3,110	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	3,174	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	3,240	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	3,307	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	3,375	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	3,444	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	3,512	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	3,582	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	3,651	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	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.

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 Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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 Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.