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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	Mauritania
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,617	2,437
Dec 31, 2000	274	47,008	2,501
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,370	2,566
Dec 31, 2002	276	47,645	2,632
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,892	2,699
Dec 31, 2004	279	48,083	2,768
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,185	2,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,438	2,909
Dec 31, 2007	282	48,684	2,981
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,055	3,055
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,308	3,129
Dec 31, 2010	286	49,554	3,205
Dec 31, 2011	287	49,937	3,282
Dec 31, 2012	288	50,200	3,359
Dec 31, 2013	289	50,429	3,438
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,747	3,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	51,015	3,597
Dec 31, 2016	291	51,218	3,677
Dec 31, 2017	292	51,362	3,759
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,585	3,840
Dec 31, 2019	294	51,765	3,942
Dec 31, 2020	294	51,836	4,045
Dec 31, 2021	295	51,745	4,150
Dec 31, 2022	295	51,731	4,259

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