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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	Moldova	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	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.

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