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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	46,617	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	47,008	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	47,370	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	47,645	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	47,892	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	48,083	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	48,185	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	48,438	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	48,684	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	49,055	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	49,308	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	49,554	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	49,937	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	50,200	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	50,429	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	50,747	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	51,015	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	51,218	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	51,362	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	51,585	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	51,765	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	51,836	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	51,745	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	51,731	3,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.