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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	Albania	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	3,085	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	3,065	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	3,047	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	3,038	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	3,026	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	3,014	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	2,998	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	2,979	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	2,957	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	2,934	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	2,915	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	2,900	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	2,892	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	2,888	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	2,882	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	2,876	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	2,868	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	2,863	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	2,861	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	2,854	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	2,842	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	2,825	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	2,799	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	2,787	3,570

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