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

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