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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	Malta	Burkina Faso	Oman	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	387	11,075	2,348	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	390	11,405	2,403	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	393	11,828	2,457	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	396	12,380	2,510	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	398	12,829	2,562	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	401	13,178	2,613	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	404	13,540	2,663	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	405	13,917	2,713	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	406	14,309	2,764	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	409	14,722	2,816	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	412	15,152	2,871	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	414	15,600	2,928	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	416	16,064	2,986	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	420	16,563	3,047	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	426	17,072	3,110	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	435	17,575	3,174	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	445	18,094	3,240	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	455	18,621	3,307	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,157	3,375	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,698	3,444	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	504	20,242	3,512	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	516	20,788	3,582	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	518	21,336	3,651	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	530	21,889	3,696	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

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, Burkina Faso, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.