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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Congo - Kinshasa	Zimbabwe
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	11,985
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	12,104
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	12,208
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	12,281
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	12,318
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	12,336
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	12,329
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	12,394
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	12,494
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	12,568
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	12,666
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	12,782
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	12,907
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	13,036
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	13,169
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	13,314
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	13,479
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	13,665
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	13,870
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	14,097
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	14,345
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	14,615
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	14,900
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	15,205

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

Zimbabwe

1914-1950: 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 Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.