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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	Albania	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	3,085	152
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	3,065	153
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	3,047	154
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	3,038	155
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	3,026	156
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	3,014	157
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	2,998	157
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	2,979	158
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	2,957	159
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	2,934	160
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	2,915	160
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	2,900	161
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	2,892	162
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	2,888	162
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	2,882	163
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	2,876	163
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	2,868	164
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	2,863	164
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	2,861	165
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	2,854	166
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	2,842	166
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	2,825	167
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	2,799	167
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	2,787	167

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