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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	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	273	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	274	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	275	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	276	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	278	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	279	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	280	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	281	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	282	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	283	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	285	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	286	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	287	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	288	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	289	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	290	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	291	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	291	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	292	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	293	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	294	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	294	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	295	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	295	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.