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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	Oman	South Korea	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	46,617	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	47,008	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	47,370	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	47,645	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	47,892	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	48,083	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	48,185	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	48,438	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	48,684	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	49,055	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	49,308	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	49,554	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	49,937	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	50,200	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	50,429	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	50,747	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	51,015	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	51,218	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	51,362	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	51,585	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	51,765	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	51,836	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	51,745	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	51,731	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, Oman, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.