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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	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	273	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	274	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	275	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	276	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	278	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	279	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	280	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	281	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	282	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	283	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	285	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	286	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	287	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	288	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	289	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	290	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	291	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	291	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	292	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	293	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	294	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	294	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	295	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	295	28,237

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