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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	South Korea	North Korea
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,617	22,594
Dec 31, 2000	274	47,008	22,785
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,370	22,977
Dec 31, 2002	276	47,645	23,165
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,892	23,330
Dec 31, 2004	279	48,083	23,477
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,185	23,621
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,438	23,764
Dec 31, 2007	282	48,684	23,908
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,055	24,051
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,308	24,191
Dec 31, 2010	286	49,554	24,326
Dec 31, 2011	287	49,937	24,457
Dec 31, 2012	288	50,200	24,589
Dec 31, 2013	289	50,429	24,720
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,747	24,852
Dec 31, 2015	291	51,015	24,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	51,218	25,115
Dec 31, 2017	292	51,362	25,248
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,585	25,381
Dec 31, 2019	294	51,765	25,497
Dec 31, 2020	294	51,836	25,608
Dec 31, 2021	295	51,745	25,711
Dec 31, 2022	295	51,731	25,808

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

North Korea

1911-1940: 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.
1990-2011: 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.

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