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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	5,042

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 Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.