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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	11,075	3,085	138
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	11,405	3,065	141
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	11,828	3,047	144
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	12,380	3,038	147
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	12,829	3,026	151
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	13,178	3,014	154
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	13,540	2,998	158
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	13,917	2,979	161
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	14,309	2,957	165
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	14,722	2,934	168
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	15,152	2,915	172
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	15,600	2,900	176
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	16,064	2,892	180
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	16,563	2,888	183
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	17,072	2,882	187
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	17,575	2,876	190
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	18,094	2,868	194
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	18,621	2,863	198
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,157	2,861	201
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,698	2,854	204
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	20,242	2,842	208
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	20,788	2,825	212
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	21,336	2,799	216
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	21,889	2,787	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.