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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	Mauritania
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	2,437
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	2,501
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	2,566
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	2,632
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	2,699
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	2,768
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	2,838
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	2,909
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	2,981
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	3,055
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	3,129
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	3,205
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	3,282
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	3,359
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	3,438
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	3,517
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	3,597
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	3,677
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	3,759
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	3,840
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	3,942
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	4,045
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	4,150
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	4,259

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 Mauritania; the database as a whole is cited above.