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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Burkina Faso	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	11,075	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	11,405	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	11,828	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	12,380	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	12,829	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	13,178	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	13,540	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	13,917	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	14,309	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	14,722	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	15,152	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	15,600	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	16,064	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	16,563	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	17,072	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	17,575	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	18,094	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	18,621	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	19,157	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	19,698	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	20,242	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	20,788	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	21,336	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	21,889	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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.