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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	Philippines	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	79,346	387
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	81,131	390
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	83,023	393
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	84,876	396
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	86,697	398
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	88,568	401
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	90,418	404
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	92,253	405
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	94,098	406
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	95,923	409
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	97,627	412
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	99,317	414
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	100,999	416
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	102,618	420
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	104,299	426
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	106,076	435
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	107,868	445
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	109,493	455
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	111,094	468
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	112,843	485
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	114,636	504
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	117,026	516
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	119,473	518
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	121,234	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

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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