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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	South Korea	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,617	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	274	47,008	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,370	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	276	47,645	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,892	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	279	48,083	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,185	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,438	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	282	48,684	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,055	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,308	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	286	49,554	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	287	49,937	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	288	50,200	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	289	50,429	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,747	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	291	51,015	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	291	51,218	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	292	51,362	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,585	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	294	51,765	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	294	51,836	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	51,745	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	295	51,731	63,382

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.

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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

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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