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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	Paraguay	Zambia
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,366	10,327
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,473	10,649
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,579	10,980
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,683	11,290
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,786	11,593
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,886	11,907
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,984	12,243
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,080	12,612
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,173	13,005
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,264	13,412
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,352	13,822
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,438	14,255
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,522	14,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,605	15,165
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,688	15,631
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,769	16,121
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,850	16,624
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,930	17,140
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,012	17,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,095	18,222
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,179	18,780
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,263	19,349
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,348	19,928
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,432	20,485

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

Zambia

1906-1950: 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, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.