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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 KoreaThailandBarbados
46,61759,748273
47,00860,165274
47,37060,746275
47,64561,323276
47,89261,884278
48,08362,425279
48,18562,956280
48,43863,467281
48,68463,937282
49,05564,381283
49,30864,804285
49,55465,208286
49,93765,599287
50,20065,970288
50,42966,332289
50,74766,673290
51,01566,975291
51,21867,250291
51,36267,506292
51,58567,750293
51,76567,975294
51,83668,180294
51,74568,366295
51,73168,457295

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

Thailand

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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