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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	2,787

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 Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.