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