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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	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	46,617	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	47,008	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	47,370	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	47,645	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	47,892	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	48,083	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	48,185	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	48,438	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	48,684	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	49,055	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	49,308	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	49,554	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	49,937	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	50,200	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	50,429	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	50,747	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	51,015	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	51,218	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	51,362	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	51,585	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	51,765	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	51,836	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	51,745	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	51,731	1,330

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