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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date South KoreaBarbadosSeychelles
46,61727378
47,00827479
47,37027580
47,64527681
47,89227882
48,08327983
48,18528084
48,43828185
48,68428286
49,05528387
49,30828587
49,55428688
49,93728789
50,20028890
50,42928991
50,74729092
51,01529192
51,21829193
51,36229294
51,58529395
51,76529496
51,83629497
51,74529598
51,73129598

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, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.