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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Cyprus	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	818	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	826	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	835	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	845	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	855	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	867	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	879	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	894	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	913	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	937	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	962	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	988	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	1,013	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	1,029	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	1,026	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	1,015	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	1,009	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	1,014	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	1,023	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	1,036	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	1,050	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	1,062	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	1,072	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	1,087	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 Cyprus; the database as a whole is cited above.