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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	Laos	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	273	5,286	387
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	274	5,397	390
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	275	5,499	393
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	276	5,578	396
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	278	5,654	398
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	279	5,746	401
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	280	5,836	404
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	281	5,931	405
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	282	6,035	406
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	283	6,145	409
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	285	6,257	412
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	286	6,368	414
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	287	6,477	416
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	288	6,586	420
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	289	6,695	426
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	290	6,804	435
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	291	6,912	445
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	291	7,019	455
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	292	7,127	468
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	293	7,234	485
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	294	7,343	504
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	294	7,452	516
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	295	7,560	518
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	295	7,666	530

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, Laos, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.