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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	South Korea	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	46,617	138
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	47,008	141
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	47,370	144
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	47,645	147
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	47,892	151
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	48,083	154
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	48,185	158
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	48,438	161
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	48,684	165
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	49,055	168
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	49,308	172
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	49,554	176
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	49,937	180
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	50,200	183
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	50,429	187
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	50,747	190
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	51,015	194
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	51,218	198
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	51,362	201
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	51,585	204
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	51,765	208
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	51,836	212
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	51,745	216
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	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

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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