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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Bangladesh	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	387	132,907	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	390	135,207	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	393	137,420	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	396	139,573	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	398	141,650	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	401	143,644	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	404	145,546	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	405	147,376	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	406	149,047	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	409	150,562	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	412	152,189	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	414	153,927	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	416	155,634	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	420	157,326	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	426	158,999	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	435	160,650	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	445	162,273	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	455	163,938	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	468	165,655	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	485	167,358	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	504	169,045	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	516	170,709	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	518	172,354	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	530	174,217	51,731

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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; the database as a whole is cited above.