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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	Montenegro
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	273	623
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	274	623
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	275	623
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	276	622
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	278	621
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	279	621
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	280	621
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	281	620
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	282	620
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	283	621
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	285	622
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	286	623
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	287	622
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	288	622
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	289	622
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	290	621
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	291	620
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	291	618
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	292	616
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	293	614
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	294	613
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	294	612
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	295	611
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	295	610

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.

Montenegro

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.