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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	Portugal	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,144	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,215	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,288	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,344	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,383	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,408	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,427	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,446	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,467	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,482	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,492	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,497	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,481	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,439	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,382	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,326	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,283	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	291	10,251	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,226	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,209	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,212	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,223	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,214	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,200	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

Portugal

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
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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.