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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	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	83,811

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.