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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	108,171	530

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.