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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	United Kingdom	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	273	58,946	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	274	59,149	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	275	59,377	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	276	59,631	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	278	59,903	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	279	60,217	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	280	60,682	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	281	61,098	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	61,593	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	283	62,100	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	285	62,539	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	286	63,040	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	287	63,567	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	63,989	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	289	64,392	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	290	64,885	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	291	65,400	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	291	65,941	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	292	66,335	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	293	66,732	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,095	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	294	67,380	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	295	67,651	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,093	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

United Kingdom

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
1252–1700 (England): Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1700–1870: Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1870-1950: C.H. Feinstein, National Income Expenditure and Output of the United Kingdom 1855-1965, Cambridge, 1972

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; the database as a whole is cited above.