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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	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,617	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	274	47,008	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,370	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	47,645	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,892	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	279	48,083	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,185	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,438	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	282	48,684	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,055	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,308	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	286	49,554	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	49,937	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	288	50,200	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	289	50,429	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,747	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	291	51,015	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	51,218	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	292	51,362	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,585	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	294	51,765	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	51,836	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	295	51,745	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	295	51,731	55,924

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

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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