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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	Oman	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	2,348	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	2,403	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	2,457	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	2,510	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	2,562	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	2,613	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	2,663	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	2,713	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	2,764	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	2,816	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	2,871	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	2,928	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	2,986	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	3,047	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	3,110	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	3,174	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	3,240	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	3,307	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	3,375	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	3,444	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	3,512	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	3,582	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	3,651	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	3,696	125,247

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

Mexico

1550–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Prados de la Escosura, L., (2009), ‘Lost decades? Economic performance in post-independence Latin America’, Journal of Latin America Studies, 41, pp. 279–307. (updated data)
1870-1895: Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford University Press, Table A.2
1895–2003: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350

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