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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	Jordan
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,617	2,348	4,591
Dec 31, 2000	274	47,008	2,403	4,700
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,370	2,457	4,811
Dec 31, 2002	276	47,645	2,510	4,923
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,892	2,562	5,037
Dec 31, 2004	279	48,083	2,613	5,161
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,185	2,663	5,295
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,438	2,713	5,765
Dec 31, 2007	282	48,684	2,764	6,243
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,055	2,816	6,397
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,308	2,871	6,538
Dec 31, 2010	286	49,554	2,928	6,680
Dec 31, 2011	287	49,937	2,986	6,840
Dec 31, 2012	288	50,200	3,047	6,952
Dec 31, 2013	289	50,429	3,110	7,706
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,747	3,174	8,839
Dec 31, 2015	291	51,015	3,240	9,506
Dec 31, 2016	291	51,218	3,307	9,863
Dec 31, 2017	292	51,362	3,375	10,066
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,585	3,444	10,273
Dec 31, 2019	294	51,765	3,512	10,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	51,836	3,582	10,628
Dec 31, 2021	295	51,745	3,651	10,716
Dec 31, 2022	295	51,731	3,696	10,849

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

Jordan

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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