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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Lesotho	Congo - Kinshasa	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	51,181	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	52,782	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	54,453	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	56,170	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	57,860	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	59,599	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	61,474	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	63,479	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	65,590	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	67,800	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	70,114	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	72,550	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	75,138	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	77,792	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	80,534	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	83,368	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	86,229	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	89,193	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	92,209	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	95,232	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	98,320	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	101,499	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	104,767	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	108,171	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 Lesotho, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.