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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	Yemen	Zambia
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	10,327
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	10,649
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	10,980
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	11,290
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	11,593
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	11,907
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	12,243
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	12,612
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	13,005
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	13,412
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	13,822
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	14,255
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	14,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	15,165
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	15,631
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	16,121
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	16,624
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	17,140
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	17,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	18,222
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	18,780
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	19,349
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	19,928
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.