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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	Barbados	Iceland	Malta	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	387	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	390	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	393	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	396	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	398	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	401	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	404	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	405	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	406	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	409	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	412	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	414	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	416	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	420	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	426	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	435	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	445	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	455	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	468	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	485	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	504	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	516	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	518	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	530	51,731

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.