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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	Malaysia
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,617	22,132
Dec 31, 2000	274	47,008	22,695
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,370	23,291
Dec 31, 2002	276	47,645	23,874
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,892	24,437
Dec 31, 2004	279	48,083	24,993
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,185	25,543
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,438	26,086
Dec 31, 2007	282	48,684	26,620
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,055	27,161
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,308	27,715
Dec 31, 2010	286	49,554	28,268
Dec 31, 2011	287	49,937	28,750
Dec 31, 2012	288	50,200	29,163
Dec 31, 2013	289	50,429	29,568
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,747	29,977
Dec 31, 2015	291	51,015	30,387
Dec 31, 2016	291	51,218	30,782
Dec 31, 2017	292	51,362	31,164
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,585	31,539
Dec 31, 2019	294	51,765	31,903
Dec 31, 2020	294	51,836	32,257
Dec 31, 2021	295	51,745	32,603
Dec 31, 2022	295	51,731	32,956

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

Malaysia

1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press

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