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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	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	81,439	273
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	81,474	274
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	81,534	275
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	81,595	276
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	81,566	278
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	81,473	279
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	81,354	280
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	81,190	281
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	81,009	282
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	80,781	283
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	80,500	285
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	80,301	286
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	80,292	287
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	80,443	288
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	80,663	289
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	81,000	290
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	81,704	291
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	82,366	291
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	82,674	292
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	82,923	293
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	83,110	294
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	83,178	294
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	83,213	295
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	83,811	295

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.

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.