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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosSouth KoreaMoldovaLuxembourg
27346,6174,244433
27447,0084,199438
27547,3704,154443
27647,6454,108448
27847,8924,059454
27948,0834,013460
28048,1853,966467
28148,4383,919474
28248,6843,873482
28349,0553,829491
28549,3083,788500
28649,5543,748509
28749,9373,709521
28850,2003,671533
28950,4293,633547
29050,7473,595560
29151,0153,558571
29151,2183,522586
29251,3623,485599
29351,5853,448610
29451,7653,412623
29451,8363,376633
29551,7453,339643
29551,7313,570651

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, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.