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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	Canada	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	30,510	273
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	30,796	274
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	31,132	275
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	31,473	276
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	31,758	278
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	32,055	279
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	32,360	280
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	32,688	281
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	33,007	282
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	33,367	283
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	33,750	285
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	34,127	286
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	34,463	287
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	34,839	288
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	35,209	289
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	35,565	290
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	35,831	291
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	36,239	291
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	36,677	292
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	37,198	293
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	37,736	294
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	38,174	294
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	38,383	295
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	38,685	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

Canada

1820-1850: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1851-70: O.J. Firestone, "Canada's Changing Economy in the Second Half of the 19th Century", NBER, New York, 1957, processed, amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870)
1870-1926: M.C. Urquart and Associates, ed., Gross National Product, Canada 1870-1926: The Derivation of the Estimates, McGill Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1993, pp. 11-12 and 24-5,
1926-1950: Statistics Canada, National Income and Expenditure Accounts, vol. 1, The Annual Estimates 1926-1974, Ottawa, 1975, p. 323. 1960 onwards from OECD, National Accounts.

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.