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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	Oman	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	2,348	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	2,403	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	2,457	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	2,510	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	2,562	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	2,613	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	2,663	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	2,713	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	2,764	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	2,816	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	2,871	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	2,928	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	2,986	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	3,047	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	3,110	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	3,174	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	3,240	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	3,307	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	3,375	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	3,444	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	3,512	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	3,582	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	3,651	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	3,696	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.