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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	South Korea	United Arab Emirates	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	3,101	273
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	3,284	274
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	3,458	275
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	3,613	276
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	3,754	278
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	3,882	279
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	4,000	280
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	4,532	281
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	5,623	282
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	7,277	283
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	8,164	285
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	8,152	286
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	8,438	287
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	8,747	288
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	9,077	289
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	9,321	290
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	9,461	291
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	9,587	291
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	9,699	292
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	9,796	293
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	9,879	294
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	9,953	294
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	10,018	295
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	10,099	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

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 United Arab Emirates, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.