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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	Oman	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	2,348	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	2,403	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	2,457	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	2,510	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	2,562	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	2,613	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	2,663	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	2,713	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	2,764	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	2,816	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	2,871	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	2,928	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	2,986	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	3,047	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	3,110	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	3,174	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	3,240	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	3,307	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	3,375	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	3,444	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	3,512	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	3,582	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	3,651	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	3,696	48,065

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

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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