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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	Malta	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	387	273
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	390	274
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	393	275
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	396	276
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	398	278
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	401	279
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	404	280
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	405	281
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	406	282
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	409	283
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	412	285
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	414	286
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	416	287
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	420	288
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	426	289
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	435	290
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	445	291
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	455	291
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	468	292
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	485	293
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	504	294
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	516	294
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	518	295
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	530	295

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 Malta, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.