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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	South Korea	Albania	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,617	3,085	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	47,008	3,065	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,370	3,047	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	47,645	3,038	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,892	3,026	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	48,083	3,014	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,185	2,998	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,438	2,979	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	48,684	2,957	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,055	2,934	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,308	2,915	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	49,554	2,900	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	49,937	2,892	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	50,200	2,888	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	50,429	2,882	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,747	2,876	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	51,015	2,868	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	51,218	2,863	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	51,362	2,861	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,585	2,854	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	51,765	2,842	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	51,836	2,825	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	51,745	2,799	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	51,731	2,787	167

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

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, Albania, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.