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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	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,594	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,785	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,977	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,165	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	278	23,330	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	279	23,477	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,621	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,764	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,908	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,051	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,191	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	286	24,326	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	24,457	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,589	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,720	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	290	24,852	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	291	24,983	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	291	25,115	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,248	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,381	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	294	25,497	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	25,608	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	295	25,711	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	295	25,808	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

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