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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	Laos	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	5,286	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	5,397	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	5,499	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	5,578	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	5,654	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	5,746	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	5,836	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	5,931	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	6,035	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	6,145	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	6,257	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	6,368	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	6,477	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	6,586	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	6,695	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	6,804	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	6,912	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	7,019	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	7,127	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	7,234	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	7,343	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	7,452	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	7,560	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	7,666	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, Malta, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.