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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	Latvia
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,594	2,386
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,785	2,363
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,977	2,333
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,165	2,306
Dec 31, 2003	278	23,330	2,284
Dec 31, 2004	279	23,477	2,259
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,621	2,235
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,764	2,215
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,908	2,197
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,051	2,174
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,191	2,138
Dec 31, 2010	286	24,326	2,093
Dec 31, 2011	287	24,457	2,055
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,589	2,030
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,720	2,009
Dec 31, 2014	290	24,852	1,991
Dec 31, 2015	291	24,983	1,974
Dec 31, 2016	291	25,115	1,956
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,248	1,938
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,381	1,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	25,497	1,910
Dec 31, 2020	294	25,608	1,897
Dec 31, 2021	295	25,711	1,880
Dec 31, 2022	295	25,808	1,883

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