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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	Romania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	46,617	22,414	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	47,008	22,262	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	47,370	22,106	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	47,645	21,931	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	47,892	21,828	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	48,083	21,704	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	48,185	21,571	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	48,438	21,443	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	48,684	21,129	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	49,055	20,779	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	49,308	20,607	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	49,554	20,485	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	49,937	20,385	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	50,200	20,296	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	50,429	20,224	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	50,747	20,151	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	51,015	20,055	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	51,218	19,938	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	51,362	19,823	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	51,585	19,713	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	51,765	19,622	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	51,836	19,496	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	51,745	19,351	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	51,731	19,266	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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.