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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	Ghana	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,327	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,792	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,280	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,806	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,350	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,900	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	280	22,469	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,058	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,661	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,270	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,899	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	286	25,559	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	287	26,244	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	26,945	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,664	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,405	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,146	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,879	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	292	30,617	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,362	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	294	32,111	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,864	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,622	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,280	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.

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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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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.