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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	Malta	South Korea	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	46,617	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	47,008	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	47,370	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	47,645	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	47,892	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	48,083	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	48,185	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	48,438	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	48,684	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	49,055	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	49,308	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	49,554	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	49,937	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	50,200	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	50,429	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	50,747	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	51,015	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	51,218	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	51,362	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	51,585	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	51,765	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	51,836	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	51,745	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	51,731	2,787

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