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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	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	273	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	274	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	275	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	276	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	278	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	279	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	280	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	281	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	282	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	283	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	285	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	286	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	287	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	288	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	289	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	290	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	291	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	291	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	292	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	293	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	294	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	294	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	295	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	295	31,845

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