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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	Germany	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	81,439	273
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	81,474	274
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	81,534	275
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	81,595	276
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	81,566	278
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	81,473	279
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	81,354	280
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	81,190	281
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	81,009	282
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	80,781	283
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	80,500	285
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	80,301	286
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	80,292	287
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	80,443	288
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	80,663	289
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	81,000	290
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	81,704	291
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	82,366	291
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	82,674	292
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	82,923	293
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	83,110	294
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	83,178	294
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	83,213	295
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	83,811	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.

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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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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