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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosLuxembourgSouth KoreaMoldova
27343346,6174,244
27443847,0084,199
27544347,3704,154
27644847,6454,108
27845447,8924,059
27946048,0834,013
28046748,1853,966
28147448,4383,919
28248248,6843,873
28349149,0553,829
28550049,3083,788
28650949,5543,748
28752149,9373,709
28853350,2003,671
28954750,4293,633
29056050,7473,595
29157151,0153,558
29158651,2183,522
29259951,3623,485
29361051,5853,448
29462351,7653,412
29463351,8363,376
29564351,7453,339
29565151,7313,570

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, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.