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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	Oman	Slovenia
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	2,348	1,998
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	2,403	2,004
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	2,457	2,006
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	2,510	2,009
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	2,562	2,010
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	2,613	2,011
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	2,663	2,015
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	2,713	2,022
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	2,764	2,033
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	2,816	2,036
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	2,871	2,056
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	2,928	2,063
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	2,986	2,067
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	3,047	2,071
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	3,110	2,074
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	3,174	2,076
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	3,240	2,078
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	3,307	2,079
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	3,375	2,081
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	3,444	2,087
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	3,512	2,104
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	3,582	2,118
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	3,651	2,123
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	3,696	2,124

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

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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