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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	Philippines	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	273	79,346	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,131	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	275	83,023	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	276	84,876	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	278	86,697	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	279	88,568	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	280	90,418	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	281	92,253	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	94,098	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	283	95,923	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	285	97,627	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	286	99,317	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	287	100,999	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	102,618	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	289	104,299	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	290	106,076	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	291	107,868	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	291	109,493	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	292	111,094	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	293	112,843	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	294	114,636	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	294	117,026	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	295	119,473	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	295	121,234	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.

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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

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.