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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Italy	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	387	56,940	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	390	56,966	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	393	57,004	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	396	57,114	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	398	57,423	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	401	57,852	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	404	58,191	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	405	58,424	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	406	58,781	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	409	59,236	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	412	59,580	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	414	59,844	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	416	60,052	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	420	60,216	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	426	60,337	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	435	60,346	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	445	60,255	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	455	60,140	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	468	60,027	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	485	59,902	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	504	59,754	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	516	59,464	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	518	59,158	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	530	58,966	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.

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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

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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.