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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	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	273	152
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	274	153
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	275	154
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	276	155
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	278	156
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	279	157
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	280	157
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	281	158
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	282	159
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	283	160
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	285	160
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	286	161
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	287	162
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	288	162
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	289	163
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	290	163
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	291	164
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	291	164
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	292	165
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	293	166
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	294	166
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	294	167
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	295	167
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	295	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.

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