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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	South Korea	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	387	46,617	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	390	47,008	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	393	47,370	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	396	47,645	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	398	47,892	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	401	48,083	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	404	48,185	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	405	48,438	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	406	48,684	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	409	49,055	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	412	49,308	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	414	49,554	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	416	49,937	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	420	50,200	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	426	50,429	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	435	50,747	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	445	51,015	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	455	51,218	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	468	51,362	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	485	51,585	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	504	51,765	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	516	51,836	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	518	51,745	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	530	51,731	5,907

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 Malta, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.