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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	Paraguay	São Tomé & Príncipe	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	138	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	141	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	144	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	147	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	151	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	154	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	158	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	161	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	165	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	168	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	172	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	176	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	180	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	183	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	187	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	190	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	194	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	198	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	201	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	204	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	208	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	212	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	216	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	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 Paraguay, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.