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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	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,617	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	274	47,008	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,370	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	276	47,645	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,892	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	48,083	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,185	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,438	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	282	48,684	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,055	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,308	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	286	49,554	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	287	49,937	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	288	50,200	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	289	50,429	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,747	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	291	51,015	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	291	51,218	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	292	51,362	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,585	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	51,765	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	294	51,836	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	295	51,745	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	295	51,731	83,811

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

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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