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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	Laos	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,617	5,286	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	47,008	5,397	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,370	5,499	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	47,645	5,578	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,892	5,654	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	48,083	5,746	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,185	5,836	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,438	5,931	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	48,684	6,035	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,055	6,145	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,308	6,257	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	49,554	6,368	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	49,937	6,477	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	50,200	6,586	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	50,429	6,695	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,747	6,804	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	51,015	6,912	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	51,218	7,019	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	51,362	7,127	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,585	7,234	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	51,765	7,343	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	51,836	7,452	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	51,745	7,560	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	51,731	7,666	2,559

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, Laos, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.