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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	46,617	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	47,008	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	47,370	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	47,645	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	47,892	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	48,083	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	48,185	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	48,438	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	48,684	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	49,055	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	49,308	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	49,554	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	49,937	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	50,200	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	50,429	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	50,747	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	51,015	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	51,218	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	51,362	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	51,585	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	51,765	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	51,836	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	51,745	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	51,731	46,498

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