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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	Laos	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	5,286	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	5,397	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	5,499	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	5,578	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	5,654	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	5,746	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	5,836	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	5,931	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	6,035	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	6,145	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	6,257	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	6,368	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	6,477	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	6,586	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	6,695	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	6,804	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	6,912	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	7,019	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	7,127	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	7,234	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	7,343	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	7,452	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	7,560	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	7,666	3,228

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 Laos, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.