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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	Oman	Turkmenistan
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	2,348	4,324
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	2,403	4,385
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	2,457	4,444
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	2,510	4,502
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	2,562	4,556
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	2,613	4,608
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	2,663	4,664
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	2,713	4,719
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	2,764	4,773
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	2,816	4,828
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	2,871	4,884
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	2,928	4,940
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	2,986	4,996
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	3,047	5,053
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	3,110	5,110
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	3,174	5,169
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	3,240	5,227
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	3,307	5,287
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	3,375	5,346
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	3,444	5,405
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	3,512	5,464
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	3,582	5,522
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	3,651	5,579
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	3,696	5,657

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, Turkmenistan; the database as a whole is cited above.