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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	Dominica	South Korea	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	46,617	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	47,008	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	47,370	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	47,645	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	47,892	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	48,083	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	48,185	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	48,438	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	48,684	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	49,055	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	49,308	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	49,554	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	49,937	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	50,200	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	50,429	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	50,747	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	51,015	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	51,218	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	51,362	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	51,585	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	51,765	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	51,836	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	51,745	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	51,731	6,291

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, Dominica, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.