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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	Ukraine	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	273	49,491	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	274	49,014	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	275	48,520	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	276	48,074	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,692	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	279	47,342	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	280	47,003	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	281	46,685	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	46,407	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	283	46,156	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	285	45,951	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	286	45,768	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	287	45,604	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	45,492	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	289	45,389	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	290	44,944	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	291	44,429	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	291	44,208	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	292	44,029	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	293	43,944	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	294	43,951	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	294	43,904	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	295	43,746	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	295	39,897	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, Ukraine; the database as a whole is cited above.