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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	Albania	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	11,075	3,085	78
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	11,405	3,065	79
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	11,828	3,047	80
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	12,380	3,038	81
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	12,829	3,026	82
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	13,178	3,014	83
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	13,540	2,998	84
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	13,917	2,979	85
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	14,309	2,957	86
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	14,722	2,934	87
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	15,152	2,915	87
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	15,600	2,900	88
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	16,064	2,892	89
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	16,563	2,888	90
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	17,072	2,882	91
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	17,575	2,876	92
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	18,094	2,868	92
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	18,621	2,863	93
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,157	2,861	94
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,698	2,854	95
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	20,242	2,842	96
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	20,788	2,825	97
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	21,336	2,799	98
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	21,889	2,787	98

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, Albania, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.