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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Portugal	Oman	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	10,144	2,348	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	10,215	2,403	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	2,457	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	10,344	2,510	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	10,383	2,562	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	10,408	2,613	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	10,427	2,663	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	10,446	2,713	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	10,467	2,764	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	10,482	2,816	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	10,492	2,871	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	10,497	2,928	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	10,481	2,986	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	10,439	3,047	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	10,382	3,110	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	10,326	3,174	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	10,283	3,240	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	10,251	3,307	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	10,226	3,375	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	10,209	3,444	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	10,212	3,512	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	10,223	3,582	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	10,214	3,651	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	10,200	3,696	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 Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.