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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	Belarus	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,064	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,034	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,000	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	276	9,955	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	278	9,905	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	279	9,856	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,807	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,764	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,734	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,713	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,697	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,681	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,662	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,643	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,624	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,605	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,585	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,564	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,542	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,519	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,495	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,469	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,442	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,400	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, Belarus; the database as a whole is cited above.