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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	South Korea	Central African Republic	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	3,889	387
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	3,980	390
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	4,054	393
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	4,128	396
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	4,215	398
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	4,289	401
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	4,363	404
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	4,449	405
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	4,544	406
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	4,641	409
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	4,742	412
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	4,845	414
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	4,950	416
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	5,057	420
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	5,167	426
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	5,278	435
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	5,392	445
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	5,507	455
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	5,625	468
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	5,745	485
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	5,874	504
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	6,025	516
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	6,154	518
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	6,291	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 Central African Republic, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.