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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	Central African Republic	São Tomé & Príncipe	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	138	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	141	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	144	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	147	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	151	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	154	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	158	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	161	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	165	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	168	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	172	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	176	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	180	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	183	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	187	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	190	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	194	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	198	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	201	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	204	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	208	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	212	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	216	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	220	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

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 Central African Republic, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.