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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	Oman	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	2,348	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	2,403	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	2,457	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	2,510	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	2,562	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	2,613	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	2,663	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	2,713	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	2,764	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	2,816	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	2,871	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	2,928	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	2,986	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	3,047	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	3,110	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	3,174	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	3,240	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	3,307	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	3,375	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	3,444	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	3,512	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	3,582	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	3,651	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	3,696	21,889

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 Oman, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.