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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	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,257	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	274	46,958	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,820	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	276	48,480	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	278	48,951	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	279	49,478	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	280	50,054	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	281	50,667	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	282	51,339	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	52,077	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	285	52,862	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	286	53,682	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	287	54,518	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	288	55,356	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	289	56,215	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	290	57,075	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	291	57,947	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	291	58,830	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	59,715	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	60,595	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	294	61,469	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	294	62,355	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	295	62,900	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	295	63,382	28,237

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.

All data sources

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