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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ZambiaBangladeshCyprus
10,327132,907818
10,649135,207826
10,980137,420835
11,290139,573845
11,593141,650855
11,907143,644867
12,243145,546879
12,612147,376894
13,005149,047913
13,412150,562937
13,822152,189962
14,255153,927988
14,709155,6341,013
15,165157,3261,029
15,631158,9991,026
16,121160,6501,015
16,624162,2731,009
17,140163,9381,014
17,674165,6551,023
18,222167,3581,036
18,780169,0451,050
19,349170,7091,062
19,928172,3541,072
20,485174,2171,087

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.

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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