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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	19,512

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 Senegal; the database as a whole is cited above.