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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	Burkina Faso	Afghanistan	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	11,075	22,206	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	11,405	22,461	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	11,828	22,507	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	12,380	23,600	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	12,829	25,005	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	13,178	25,698	279
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	13,540	26,335	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	13,917	27,154	281
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	14,309	27,387	282
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	14,722	27,706	283
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	15,152	28,484	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	15,600	29,121	286
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	16,064	29,758	287
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	16,563	30,420	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	17,072	31,108	289
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	17,575	31,823	290
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	18,094	32,564	291
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	18,621	33,332	291
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,157	34,125	292
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,698	34,941	293
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	20,242	35,972	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	20,788	37,034	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	21,336	38,127	295
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	21,889	39,252	295

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.

All data sources

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 Burkina Faso, Afghanistan, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.