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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	Namibia
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,617	1,841
Dec 31, 2000	274	47,008	1,893
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,370	1,945
Dec 31, 2002	276	47,645	1,981
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,892	2,008
Dec 31, 2004	279	48,083	2,034
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,185	2,060
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,438	2,086
Dec 31, 2007	282	48,684	2,113
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,055	2,141
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,308	2,170
Dec 31, 2010	286	49,554	2,201
Dec 31, 2011	287	49,937	2,232
Dec 31, 2012	288	50,200	2,268
Dec 31, 2013	289	50,429	2,312
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,747	2,360
Dec 31, 2015	291	51,015	2,408
Dec 31, 2016	291	51,218	2,456
Dec 31, 2017	292	51,362	2,505
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,585	2,554
Dec 31, 2019	294	51,765	2,602
Dec 31, 2020	294	51,836	2,651
Dec 31, 2021	295	51,745	2,700
Dec 31, 2022	295	51,731	2,739

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