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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	Yemen	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	387	16,728	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	390	17,236	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	393	17,762	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	396	18,310	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	398	18,855	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	401	19,410	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	404	20,000	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	405	20,611	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	406	21,236	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	409	21,878	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	412	22,533	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	414	23,195	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	416	23,880	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	420	24,594	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	426	25,311	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	435	26,020	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	445	26,698	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	455	27,347	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	468	27,985	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	485	28,608	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	504	29,216	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	516	29,811	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	518	30,399	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	530	31,058	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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.