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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	Luxembourg	South Korea	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	46,617	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	47,008	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	47,370	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	47,645	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	47,892	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	48,083	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	48,185	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	48,438	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	48,684	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	49,055	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	49,308	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	49,554	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	49,937	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	50,200	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	50,429	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	50,747	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	51,015	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	51,218	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	51,362	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	51,585	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	51,765	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	51,836	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	51,745	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	51,731	7,666

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, Luxembourg, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.