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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	Barbados	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	11,075	273	152
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	11,405	274	153
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	11,828	275	154
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	12,380	276	155
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	12,829	278	156
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	13,178	279	157
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	13,540	280	157
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	13,917	281	158
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	14,309	282	159
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	14,722	283	160
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	15,152	285	160
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	15,600	286	161
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	16,064	287	162
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	16,563	288	162
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	17,072	289	163
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	17,575	290	163
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	18,094	291	164
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	18,621	291	164
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,157	292	165
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,698	293	166
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	20,242	294	166
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	20,788	294	167
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	21,336	295	167
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	21,889	295	167

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, Barbados, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.