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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	South Africa	Albania	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	3,085	433
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	3,065	438
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	3,047	443
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	3,038	448
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	3,026	454
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	3,014	460
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	2,998	467
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	2,979	474
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	2,957	482
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	2,934	491
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	2,915	500
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	2,900	509
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	2,892	521
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	2,888	533
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	2,882	547
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	2,876	560
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	2,868	571
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	2,863	586
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	2,861	599
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	2,854	610
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	2,842	623
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	2,825	633
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	2,799	643
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	2,787	651

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, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.