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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	Moldova	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,617	4,244	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	47,008	4,199	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,370	4,154	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	47,645	4,108	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,892	4,059	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	48,083	4,013	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,185	3,966	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,438	3,919	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	48,684	3,873	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,055	3,829	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,308	3,788	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	49,554	3,748	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	49,937	3,709	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	50,200	3,671	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	50,429	3,633	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,747	3,595	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	51,015	3,558	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	51,218	3,522	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	51,362	3,485	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,585	3,448	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	51,765	3,412	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	51,836	3,376	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	51,745	3,339	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	51,731	3,570	108,171

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, Moldova, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.