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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	Paraguay	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,366	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,473	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,579	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,683	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,786	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,886	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,984	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,080	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,173	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,264	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,352	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,438	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,522	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,605	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,688	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,769	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,850	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,930	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,012	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,095	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,179	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,263	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,348	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,432	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, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.