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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	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	46,617	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	47,008	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	47,370	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	47,645	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	47,892	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	48,083	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	48,185	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	48,438	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	48,684	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	49,055	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	49,308	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	49,554	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	49,937	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	50,200	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	50,429	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	50,747	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	51,015	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	51,218	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	51,362	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	51,585	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	51,765	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	51,836	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	51,745	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	51,731	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.