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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	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,617	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	274	47,008	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,370	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	276	47,645	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,892	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	279	48,083	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,185	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,438	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	282	48,684	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,055	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,308	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	286	49,554	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	287	49,937	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	288	50,200	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	289	50,429	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,747	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	291	51,015	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	291	51,218	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	292	51,362	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,585	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	294	51,765	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	294	51,836	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	51,745	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	295	51,731	56,210

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

Myanmar (Burma)

1901-1938: "Trends of Economic Growth and Income Distribution in Burma 1870-1940", Journal of the Burma Research Society, 1964, p. 144
1938-1950: E.E. Hagen, On the Theory of Social Change, Dorsey, Homewood, Illinois, 1962, Table 18-1,

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