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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	47,625

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

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)