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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	Haiti
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	273	8,121
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	274	8,279
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	275	8,430
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	276	8,580
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	278	8,739
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	279	8,900
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	280	9,061
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	281	9,216
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	282	9,364
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	283	9,508
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	285	9,652
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	286	9,553
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	287	9,670
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	288	9,793
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	289	9,922
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	290	10,047
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	291	10,254
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	291	10,486
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	292	10,647
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	293	10,788
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	294	10,933
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	294	11,077
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	295	11,215
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	295	11,349

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