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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	South Korea	Albania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	46,617	3,085	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	47,008	3,065	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	47,370	3,047	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	47,645	3,038	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	47,892	3,026	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	48,083	3,014	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	48,185	2,998	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	48,438	2,979	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	48,684	2,957	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	49,055	2,934	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	49,308	2,915	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	49,554	2,900	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	49,937	2,892	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	50,200	2,888	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	50,429	2,882	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	50,747	2,876	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	51,015	2,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	51,218	2,863	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	51,362	2,861	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	51,585	2,854	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	51,765	2,842	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	51,836	2,825	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	51,745	2,799	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	51,731	2,787	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

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 Albania, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.