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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	Malta	South Korea	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	46,617	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	47,008	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	47,370	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	47,645	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	47,892	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	48,083	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	48,185	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	48,438	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	48,684	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	49,055	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	49,308	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	49,554	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	49,937	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	50,200	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	50,429	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	50,747	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	51,015	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	51,218	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	51,362	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	51,585	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	51,765	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	51,836	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	51,745	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	51,731	21,889

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, Malta, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.