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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	Austria
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	8,039
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	8,059
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	8,090
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	8,130
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	8,166
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	8,217
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	8,274
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	8,317
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	8,344
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	8,370
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	8,390
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	8,410
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	8,476
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	8,527
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	8,594
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	8,680
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	8,791
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	8,847
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	8,890
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	8,930
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	8,969
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	9,004
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	9,107

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

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;