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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	South Africa	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,257	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	274	46,958	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,820	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	276	48,480	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	278	48,951	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	279	49,478	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	280	50,054	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	281	50,667	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	282	51,339	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	283	52,077	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	285	52,862	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	286	53,682	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	54,518	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	55,356	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	289	56,215	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	290	57,075	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	291	57,947	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	291	58,830	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	292	59,715	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	293	60,595	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	294	61,469	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	62,355	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	295	62,900	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	295	63,382	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.