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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	Laos	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	5,286	273
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	5,397	274
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	5,499	275
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	5,578	276
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	5,654	278
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	5,746	279
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	5,836	280
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	5,931	281
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	6,035	282
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	6,145	283
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	6,257	285
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	6,368	286
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	6,477	287
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	6,586	288
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	6,695	289
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	6,804	290
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	6,912	291
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	7,019	291
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	7,127	292
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	7,234	293
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	7,343	294
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	7,452	294
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	7,560	295
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	7,666	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

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