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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	Oman	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,617	2,348	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	274	47,008	2,403	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,370	2,457	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	276	47,645	2,510	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,892	2,562	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	279	48,083	2,613	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,185	2,663	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,438	2,713	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	282	48,684	2,764	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,055	2,816	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,308	2,871	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	286	49,554	2,928	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	287	49,937	2,986	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	288	50,200	3,047	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	289	50,429	3,110	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,747	3,174	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	291	51,015	3,240	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	291	51,218	3,307	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	292	51,362	3,375	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,585	3,444	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	294	51,765	3,512	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	294	51,836	3,582	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	295	51,745	3,651	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	295	51,731	3,696	34,280

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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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