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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	Israel	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,927	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,088	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,236	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,366	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,484	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,603	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,723	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,846	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,972	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,100	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,226	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,360	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,498	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,637	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,781	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,931	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,091	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,251	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,412	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,576	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,742	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,899	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,047	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,188	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

Israel

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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.