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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	South Korea	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,617	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	47,008	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,370	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	47,645	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,892	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	48,083	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,185	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,438	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	48,684	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,055	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,308	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	49,554	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	49,937	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	50,200	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	50,429	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,747	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	51,015	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	51,218	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	51,362	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,585	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	51,765	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	51,836	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	51,745	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	51,731	108,171	530

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 Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.