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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	Guinea
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,594	7,610
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,785	7,780
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,977	7,821
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,165	7,906
Dec 31, 2003	278	23,330	8,121
Dec 31, 2004	279	23,477	8,317
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,621	8,478
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,764	8,650
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,908	8,860
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,051	9,091
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,191	9,327
Dec 31, 2010	286	24,326	9,571
Dec 31, 2011	287	24,457	9,825
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,589	10,084
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,720	10,351
Dec 31, 2014	290	24,852	10,632
Dec 31, 2015	291	24,983	10,924
Dec 31, 2016	291	25,115	11,225
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,248	11,534
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,381	11,855
Dec 31, 2019	294	25,497	12,160
Dec 31, 2020	294	25,608	12,469
Dec 31, 2021	295	25,711	12,778
Dec 31, 2022	295	25,808	13,087

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