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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	North Korea	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,594	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,785	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,977	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,165	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	278	23,330	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	279	23,477	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,621	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,764	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,908	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,051	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,191	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	286	24,326	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	287	24,457	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,589	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,720	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	290	24,852	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	291	24,983	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	291	25,115	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,248	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,381	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	294	25,497	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	294	25,608	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	295	25,711	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	295	25,808	51,731

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.

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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.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.