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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	São Tomé & Príncipe	Oman	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	138	2,348	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	141	2,403	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	144	2,457	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	147	2,510	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	151	2,562	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	154	2,613	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	158	2,663	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	161	2,713	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	165	2,764	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	168	2,816	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	172	2,871	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	176	2,928	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	180	2,986	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	183	3,047	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	187	3,110	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	190	3,174	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	194	3,240	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	198	3,307	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	201	3,375	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	204	3,444	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	208	3,512	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	212	3,582	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	216	3,651	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	220	3,696	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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.