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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	Venezuela	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,188	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,601	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,011	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,425	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,841	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,255	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,667	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,079	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	26,589	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,098	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,510	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,920	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,327	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,722	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,111	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,418	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,693	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,961	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,856	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,858	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	294	27,921	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	294	27,871	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	295	28,316	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,418	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

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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.