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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	Dominica	Paraguay	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	70	5,366	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	71	5,473	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	71	5,579	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	72	5,683	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	72	5,786	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	72	5,886	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	72	5,984	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	72	6,080	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	72	6,173	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	73	6,264	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	73	6,352	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	73	6,438	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	73	6,522	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	73	6,605	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	73	6,688	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	73	6,769	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	74	6,850	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	74	6,930	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	74	7,012	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	74	7,095	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	75	7,179	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	75	7,263	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	76	7,348	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	76	7,432	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 Dominica, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.