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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	Burundi
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	6,128
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	6,282
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	6,466
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	6,670
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	6,897
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	7,167
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	7,439
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	7,709
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	7,991
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	8,318
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	8,741
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	9,140
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	9,440
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	9,748
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	10,069
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	10,380
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	10,577
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	10,721
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	10,955
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	11,229
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	11,602
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	11,987
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	12,384
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	12,795

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 Burundi; the database as a whole is cited above.