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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	Central African Republic	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,889	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,980	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	393	4,054	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	396	4,128	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	398	4,215	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	401	4,289	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	404	4,363	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	405	4,449	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	406	4,544	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	409	4,641	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	412	4,742	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	414	4,845	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	416	4,950	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	420	5,057	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	426	5,167	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	435	5,278	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	445	5,392	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	455	5,507	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	468	5,625	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	485	5,745	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	504	5,874	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	516	6,025	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	518	6,154	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	530	6,291	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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.