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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	Oman	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	2,348	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	2,403	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	2,457	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	2,510	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	2,562	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	2,613	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	2,663	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	2,713	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	2,764	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	2,816	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	2,871	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	2,928	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	2,986	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	3,047	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	3,110	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	3,174	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	3,240	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	3,307	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	3,375	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	3,444	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	3,512	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	3,582	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	3,651	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	3,696	5,556

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

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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