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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	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,257	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	274	46,958	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,820	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	276	48,480	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	278	48,951	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	279	49,478	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	280	50,054	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	281	50,667	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	51,339	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	283	52,077	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	285	52,862	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	286	53,682	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	287	54,518	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	288	55,356	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	289	56,215	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	290	57,075	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	291	57,947	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	291	58,830	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	292	59,715	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	293	60,595	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	294	61,469	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	294	62,355	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	295	62,900	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	295	63,382	2,059

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, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.