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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	29,417

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 Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.