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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	France	Oman	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	273	60,396	2,348	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	274	60,811	2,403	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	275	61,255	2,457	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	276	61,703	2,510	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	278	62,141	2,562	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	279	62,600	2,613	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	280	63,073	2,663	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,513	2,713	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	63,906	2,764	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	283	64,264	2,816	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	285	64,594	2,871	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	286	64,913	2,928	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	287	65,231	2,986	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	65,552	3,047	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	289	65,891	3,110	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	290	66,212	3,174	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	291	66,480	3,240	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	291	66,730	3,307	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	292	67,015	3,375	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	293	67,347	3,444	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,660	3,512	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	294	67,901	3,582	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	295	68,114	3,651	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,387	3,696	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

France

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987

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, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.