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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	Philippines	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	79,346	273
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	81,131	274
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	83,023	275
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	84,876	276
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	86,697	278
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	88,568	279
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	90,418	280
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	92,253	281
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	94,098	282
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	95,923	283
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	97,627	285
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	99,317	286
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	100,999	287
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	102,618	288
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	104,299	289
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	106,076	290
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	107,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	109,493	291
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	111,094	292
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	112,843	293
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	114,636	294
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	117,026	294
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	119,473	295
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	121,234	295

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.

All data sources

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

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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