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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	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,617	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	274	47,008	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,370	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	276	47,645	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,892	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	279	48,083	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,185	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,438	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	282	48,684	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,055	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,308	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	286	49,554	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	287	49,937	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	288	50,200	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	289	50,429	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,747	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	291	51,015	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	291	51,218	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	292	51,362	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,585	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	294	51,765	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	294	51,836	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	295	51,745	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	295	51,731	85,108

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

Iran

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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