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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	Albania	South Korea	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	46,617	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	47,008	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	47,370	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	47,645	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	47,892	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	48,083	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	48,185	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	48,438	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	48,684	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	49,055	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	49,308	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	49,554	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	49,937	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	50,200	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	50,429	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	50,747	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	51,015	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	51,218	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	51,362	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	51,585	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	51,765	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	51,836	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	51,745	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	51,731	167

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 Barbados, Albania, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.