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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	Puerto Rico	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	3,800	387
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	3,811	390
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	3,819	393
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	3,824	396
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	3,826	398
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	3,827	401
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	3,822	404
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	3,805	405
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	3,783	406
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	3,761	409
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	3,741	412
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	3,722	414
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	3,679	416
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	3,636	420
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	3,589	426
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	3,534	435
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	3,473	445
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	3,411	455
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	3,352	468
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	3,295	485
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	3,268	504
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	3,247	516
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	3,232	518
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	3,228	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 Puerto Rico, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.