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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	Uzbekistan	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	273	24,701	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	274	25,042	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	275	25,372	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,696	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,992	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	279	26,268	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,540	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,812	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,081	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,347	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,609	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,869	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,132	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,398	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	289	28,666	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,934	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,205	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,480	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,756	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	293	30,031	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	294	30,305	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	294	30,576	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,843	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,337	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, Uzbekistan; the database as a whole is cited above.