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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	Bolivia	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,007	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,177	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,351	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,529	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,711	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,895	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,081	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,268	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,457	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,647	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,836	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,024	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,211	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,397	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,581	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,763	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,942	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,118	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,289	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,456	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,621	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,775	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,917	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	295	12,060	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

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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; the database as a whole is cited above.