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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	North Korea	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,594	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,785	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,977	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,165	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	278	23,330	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	279	23,477	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,621	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,764	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,908	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,051	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,191	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	286	24,326	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	287	24,457	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,589	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,720	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	290	24,852	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	291	24,983	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	291	25,115	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,248	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,381	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	294	25,497	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	294	25,608	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	295	25,711	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	295	25,808	10,200

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.

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.