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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	Barbados	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	273	627
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	274	659
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	275	691
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	276	724
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	278	757
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	279	850
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	280	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	281	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	282	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	283	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	285	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	286	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	287	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	288	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	289	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	290	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	291	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	291	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	292	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	293	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	294	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	294	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	295	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	295	2,559

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 Barbados, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.