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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	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	46,617	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	47,008	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	47,370	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	47,645	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	47,892	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	48,083	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	48,185	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	48,438	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	48,684	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	49,055	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	49,308	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	49,554	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	49,937	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	50,200	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	50,429	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	50,747	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	51,015	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	51,218	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	51,362	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	51,585	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	51,765	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	51,836	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	51,745	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	51,731	3,570

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, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.