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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	Ethiopia	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	273	63,575	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,213	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,889	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	276	68,649	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	278	70,491	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	279	72,389	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	280	74,327	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	281	76,326	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	282	78,411	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,564	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	285	82,787	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	286	85,096	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	287	87,530	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	288	90,066	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	289	92,632	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	290	95,337	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	291	98,114	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	291	100,858	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	292	103,654	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	293	106,466	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	294	109,267	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	294	112,100	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	114,964	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	295	117,924	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, Ethiopia; the database as a whole is cited above.