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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	Palestinian Territories	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	2,996	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	3,075	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	3,155	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	3,235	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	3,315	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	3,396	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	3,478	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	3,559	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	3,642	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	3,727	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	3,817	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	3,907	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	3,997	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	4,088	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	4,178	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	4,269	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	4,359	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	4,451	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	4,533	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	4,615	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	4,715	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	4,820	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	4,930	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	5,042	108,171

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.