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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	Greece	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	10,618	273
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	10,662	274
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	10,718	275
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	10,757	276
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	10,783	278
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	10,809	279
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	10,841	280
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	10,874	281
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	10,901	282
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	10,930	283
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	10,959	285
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	10,973	286
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	10,957	287
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	10,898	288
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	10,819	289
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	10,747	290
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	10,677	291
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	10,633	291
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	10,612	292
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	10,590	293
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	10,579	294
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	10,556	294
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	10,499	295
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	10,437	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

Greece

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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