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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	South Africa	Australia
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,257	18,692
Dec 31, 2000	274	46,958	18,907
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,820	19,151
Dec 31, 2002	276	48,480	19,371
Dec 31, 2003	278	48,951	19,595
Dec 31, 2004	279	49,478	19,805
Dec 31, 2005	280	50,054	20,048
Dec 31, 2006	281	50,667	20,320
Dec 31, 2007	282	51,339	20,694
Dec 31, 2008	283	52,077	21,113
Dec 31, 2009	285	52,862	21,553
Dec 31, 2010	286	53,682	21,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	54,518	22,197
Dec 31, 2012	288	55,356	22,588
Dec 31, 2013	289	56,215	22,980
Dec 31, 2014	290	57,075	23,326
Dec 31, 2015	291	57,947	23,664
Dec 31, 2016	291	58,830	24,036
Dec 31, 2017	292	59,715	24,445
Dec 31, 2018	293	60,595	24,823
Dec 31, 2019	294	61,469	25,204
Dec 31, 2020	294	62,355	25,529
Dec 31, 2021	295	62,900	25,574
Dec 31, 2022	295	63,382	25,826

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

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.