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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	Hong Kong SAR China	North Korea
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,587	22,594
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,646	22,785
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,695	22,977
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,725	23,165
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,712	23,330
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,765	23,477
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,794	23,621
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,838	23,764
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,897	23,908
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,938	24,051
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,953	24,191
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,004	24,326
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,052	24,457
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,130	24,589
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,159	24,720
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,209	24,852
Dec 31, 2015	291	7,271	24,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,316	25,115
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,372	25,248
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,432	25,381
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,487	25,497
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,460	25,608
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,392	25,711
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,387	25,808

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

North Korea

1911-1940: 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.
1990-2011: 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.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.