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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	2,048

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project