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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Tanzania	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	32,912	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	33,953	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	34,974	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	36,021	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	37,100	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	38,167	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	39,262	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	40,387	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	41,557	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	42,741	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	43,889	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	45,132	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	46,531	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	47,965	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	49,437	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	50,965	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	52,604	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	54,336	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	56,062	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	57,765	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	59,465	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	61,191	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	62,944	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	64,835	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 Tanzania; the database as a whole is cited above.