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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	Oman	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	2,348	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	2,403	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	2,457	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	2,510	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	2,562	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	2,613	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	2,663	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	2,713	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	2,764	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	2,816	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	2,871	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	2,928	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	2,986	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	3,047	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	3,110	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	3,174	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	3,240	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	3,307	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	3,375	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	3,444	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	3,512	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	3,582	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	3,651	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	3,696	19,715

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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

No separate list is published for Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.