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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Oman	South Korea	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	2,348	46,617	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	2,403	47,008	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	2,457	47,370	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	2,510	47,645	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	2,562	47,892	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	2,613	48,083	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,663	48,185	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,713	48,438	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,764	48,684	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,816	49,055	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,871	49,308	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,928	49,554	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,986	49,937	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	3,047	50,200	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	3,110	50,429	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	3,174	50,747	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	3,240	51,015	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	3,307	51,218	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	3,375	51,362	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	3,444	51,585	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	3,512	51,765	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	3,582	51,836	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	3,651	51,745	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	3,696	51,731	295

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.