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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	South Korea	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	46,617	273
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	47,008	274
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	47,370	275
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	47,645	276
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	47,892	278
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	48,083	279
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	48,185	280
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	48,438	281
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	48,684	282
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	49,055	283
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	49,308	285
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	49,554	286
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	49,937	287
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	50,200	288
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	50,429	289
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	50,747	290
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	51,015	291
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	51,218	291
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	51,362	292
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	51,585	293
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	51,765	294
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	51,836	294
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	51,745	295
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	51,731	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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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 Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.