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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	273	51,181	433
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	274	52,782	438
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	275	54,453	443
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	276	56,170	448
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	278	57,860	454
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	279	59,599	460
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	280	61,474	467
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	281	63,479	474
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	282	65,590	482
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	283	67,800	491
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	285	70,114	500
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	286	72,550	509
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	287	75,138	521
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	288	77,792	533
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	289	80,534	547
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	290	83,368	560
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	291	86,229	571
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	291	89,193	586
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	292	92,209	599
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	293	95,232	610
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	294	98,320	623
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	294	101,499	633
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	295	104,767	643
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	295	108,171	651

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.

All data sources

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.