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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	Dominican Republic	South Korea	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	46,617	138
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	47,008	141
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	47,370	144
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	47,645	147
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	47,892	151
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	48,083	154
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	48,185	158
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	48,438	161
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	48,684	165
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	49,055	168
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	49,308	172
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	49,554	176
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	49,937	180
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	50,200	183
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	50,429	187
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	50,747	190
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	51,015	194
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	51,218	198
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	51,362	201
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	51,585	204
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	51,765	208
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	51,836	212
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	51,745	216
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	51,731	220

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