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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	Zambia	Barbados	Belarus
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	273	10,064
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	274	10,034
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	275	10,000
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	276	9,955
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	278	9,905
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	279	9,856
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	280	9,807
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	281	9,764
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	282	9,734
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	283	9,713
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	285	9,697
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	286	9,681
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	287	9,662
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	288	9,643
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	289	9,624
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	290	9,605
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	291	9,585
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	291	9,564
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	292	9,542
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	293	9,519
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	294	9,495
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	294	9,469
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	295	9,442
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	295	9,400

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, Belarus; the database as a whole is cited above.