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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	Burkina Faso	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,617	11,075	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	274	47,008	11,405	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,370	11,828	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	276	47,645	12,380	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,892	12,829	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	279	48,083	13,178	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,185	13,540	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,438	13,917	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	282	48,684	14,309	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,055	14,722	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,308	15,152	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	286	49,554	15,600	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	287	49,937	16,064	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	288	50,200	16,563	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	289	50,429	17,072	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,747	17,575	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	291	51,015	18,094	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	291	51,218	18,621	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	292	51,362	19,157	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,585	19,698	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	51,765	20,242	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	294	51,836	20,788	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	295	51,745	21,336	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	295	51,731	21,889	31,845

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, Burkina Faso, Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.