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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Portugal	Congo - Kinshasa	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	10,144	51,181	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	10,215	52,782	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	54,453	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	10,344	56,170	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	10,383	57,860	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	10,408	59,599	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	10,427	61,474	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	10,446	63,479	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	10,467	65,590	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	10,482	67,800	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	10,492	70,114	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	10,497	72,550	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	10,481	75,138	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	10,439	77,792	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	10,382	80,534	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	10,326	83,368	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	10,283	86,229	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	10,251	89,193	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	10,226	92,209	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	10,209	95,232	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	10,212	98,320	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	10,223	101,499	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	10,214	104,767	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	10,200	108,171	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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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 Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.