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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	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,617	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	47,008	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,370	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	47,645	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,892	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	48,083	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,185	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,438	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	48,684	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,055	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,308	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	49,554	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	49,937	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	50,200	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	50,429	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,747	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	51,015	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	51,218	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	51,362	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,585	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	51,765	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	51,836	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	51,745	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	51,731	174,217

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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