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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	Barbados	Benin	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,461	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,677	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,902	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,130	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,360	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,589	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,838	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	281	8,089	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	282	8,335	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	283	8,603	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,884	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,179	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,486	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,805	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,135	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,480	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,842	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,220	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,613	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	293	12,018	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	294	12,370	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	294	12,725	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	13,081	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	295	13,439	63,382

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 Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

No separate list is published for Barbados, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.