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Population by country

Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	Malta
Dec 31, 2002	47,644,736	395,969
Dec 31, 2003	47,892,330	398,582
Dec 31, 2004	48,082,519	401,268
Dec 31, 2005	48,184,561	403,834
Dec 31, 2006	48,438,292	405,308
Dec 31, 2007	48,683,638	406,724
Dec 31, 2008	49,054,708	409,379
Dec 31, 2009	49,307,835	412,477
Dec 31, 2010	49,554,112	414,508
Dec 31, 2011	49,936,638	416,268
Dec 31, 2012	50,199,853	420,028
Dec 31, 2013	50,428,893	424,810
Dec 31, 2014	50,746,659	433,481
Dec 31, 2015	51,014,947	444,220
Dec 31, 2016	51,217,803	454,505
Dec 31, 2017	51,361,911	467,106
Dec 31, 2018	51,585,058	483,903
Dec 31, 2019	51,764,822	503,912
Dec 31, 2020	51,836,239	515,490
Dec 31, 2021	51,769,539	518,150
Dec 31, 2022	51,672,569	531,113
Dec 31, 2023	51,712,619	552,747
Dec 31, 2024	51,751,065	568,847
Dec 31, 2025	51,684,564	579,704