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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	Italy	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	56,940	387
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	56,966	390
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	57,004	393
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	57,114	396
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	57,423	398
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	57,852	401
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	58,191	404
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	58,424	405
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	58,781	406
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	59,236	409
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	59,580	412
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	59,844	414
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	60,052	416
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	60,216	420
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	60,337	426
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	60,346	435
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	60,255	445
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	60,140	455
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	60,027	468
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	59,902	485
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	59,754	504
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	59,464	516
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	59,158	518
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	58,966	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.

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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

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

No separate list is published for Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.