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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	Barbados	Afghanistan	North Korea
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,206	22,594
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,461	22,785
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,507	22,977
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,600	23,165
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,005	23,330
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,698	23,477
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,335	23,621
Dec 31, 2006	281	27,154	23,764
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,387	23,908
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,706	24,051
Dec 31, 2009	285	28,484	24,191
Dec 31, 2010	286	29,121	24,326
Dec 31, 2011	287	29,758	24,457
Dec 31, 2012	288	30,420	24,589
Dec 31, 2013	289	31,108	24,720
Dec 31, 2014	290	31,823	24,852
Dec 31, 2015	291	32,564	24,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	33,332	25,115
Dec 31, 2017	292	34,125	25,248
Dec 31, 2018	293	34,941	25,381
Dec 31, 2019	294	35,972	25,497
Dec 31, 2020	294	37,034	25,608
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,127	25,711
Dec 31, 2022	295	39,252	25,808

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

North Korea

1911-1940: 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.
1990-2011: 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.

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