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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	Liberia	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,741	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,847	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,917	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,978	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,983	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,005	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,138	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,311	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,469	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,603	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,708	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,817	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,984	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,244	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,348	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,460	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,576	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,689	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,810	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,904	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,005	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,109	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,216	51,731

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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.