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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	Angola	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,334	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,676	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	275	12,030	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,443	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,936	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,480	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	280	14,012	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	281	14,535	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	15,084	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	283	15,658	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,260	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,885	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	287	17,525	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	18,202	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	289	18,908	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	290	19,624	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,354	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	291	21,098	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	292	21,859	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	293	22,638	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	294	23,437	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	294	24,253	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	295	25,089	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	295	25,878	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 Barbados, Angola; the database as a whole is cited above.