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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	Iceland	Barbados	Congo - Kinshasa	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	51,181	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	52,782	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	54,453	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	56,170	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	57,860	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	59,599	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	61,474	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	63,479	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	65,590	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	67,800	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	70,114	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	72,550	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	75,138	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	77,792	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	80,534	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	83,368	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	86,229	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	89,193	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	92,209	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	95,232	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	98,320	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	101,499	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	104,767	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	108,171	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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