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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	Qatar	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	627	387
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	659	390
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	691	393
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	724	396
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	757	398
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	850	401
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	1,001	404
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	1,153	405
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	1,306	406
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	1,460	409
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	1,615	412
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	1,770	414
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	1,904	416
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	2,010	420
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	2,103	426
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	2,187	435
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	2,261	445
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	2,326	455
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	2,384	468
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	2,435	485
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	2,480	504
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	2,519	516
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	2,553	518
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	2,559	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

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