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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	Iceland	Brazil	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	174,320	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	176,902	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	179,389	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	181,721	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	183,970	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	186,165	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	188,330	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	190,438	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	192,450	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	194,458	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	196,464	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	198,408	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	200,152	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	201,894	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	203,614	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	205,358	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	207,148	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	208,859	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	210,537	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	212,258	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	213,940	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	215,577	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	216,720	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	217,718	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

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.