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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	South Korea	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	46,617	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	47,008	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	47,370	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	47,645	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	47,892	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	48,083	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	48,185	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	48,438	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	48,684	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	49,055	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	49,308	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	49,554	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	49,937	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	50,200	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	50,429	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	50,747	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	51,015	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	51,218	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	51,362	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	51,585	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	51,765	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	51,836	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	51,745	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	51,731	2,787

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.

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