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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	South Korea	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	46,617	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	47,008	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	47,370	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	47,645	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	47,892	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	48,083	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	48,185	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	48,438	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	48,684	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	49,055	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	49,308	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	49,554	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	49,937	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	50,200	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	50,429	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	50,747	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	51,015	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	51,218	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	51,362	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	51,585	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	51,765	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	51,836	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	51,745	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	51,731	108,171

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.