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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	Romania	South Korea	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	46,617	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	47,008	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	47,370	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	47,645	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	47,892	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	48,083	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	48,185	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	48,438	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	48,684	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	49,055	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	49,308	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	49,554	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	49,937	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	50,200	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	50,429	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	50,747	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	51,015	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	51,218	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	51,362	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	51,585	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	51,765	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	51,836	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	51,745	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	51,731	167

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.