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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date TunisiaOmanSouth KoreaBarbados
9,4172,34846,617273
9,5142,40347,008274
9,6132,45747,370275
9,7112,51047,645276
9,8102,56247,892278
9,9062,61348,083279
9,9972,66348,185280
10,0872,71348,438281
10,1782,76448,684282
10,2742,81649,055283
10,3772,87149,308285
10,4912,92849,554286
10,6122,98649,937287
10,7373,04750,200288
10,8663,11050,429289
10,9963,17450,747290
11,1243,24051,015291
11,2483,30751,218291
11,3653,37551,362292
11,4773,44451,585293
11,5833,51251,765294
11,6813,58251,836294
11,7723,65151,745295
11,8623,69651,731295

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 Tunisia, Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.