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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	Russia
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,594	147,218
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,785	146,600
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,977	145,980
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,165	145,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	23,330	144,652
Dec 31, 2004	279	23,477	144,071
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,621	143,522
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,764	143,053
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,908	142,809
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,051	142,746
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,191	142,789
Dec 31, 2010	286	24,326	142,853
Dec 31, 2011	287	24,457	142,964
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,589	143,205
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,720	143,510
Dec 31, 2014	290	24,852	146,094
Dec 31, 2015	291	24,983	146,410
Dec 31, 2016	291	25,115	146,678
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,248	146,846
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,381	146,834
Dec 31, 2019	294	25,497	146,768
Dec 31, 2020	294	25,608	146,463
Dec 31, 2021	295	25,711	145,849
Dec 31, 2022	295	25,808	146,693

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.

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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