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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	North Korea	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,594	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,785	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,977	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,165	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	23,330	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	23,477	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,621	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,764	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,908	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,051	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,191	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	24,326	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	24,457	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,589	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,720	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	24,852	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	24,983	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	25,115	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,248	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,381	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	25,497	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	25,608	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	25,711	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	25,808	39,252

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