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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	11,075	51,181	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	11,405	52,782	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	11,828	54,453	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	12,380	56,170	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	12,829	57,860	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	13,178	59,599	279
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	13,540	61,474	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	13,917	63,479	281
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	14,309	65,590	282
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	14,722	67,800	283
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	15,152	70,114	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	15,600	72,550	286
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	16,064	75,138	287
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	16,563	77,792	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	17,072	80,534	289
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	17,575	83,368	290
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	18,094	86,229	291
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	18,621	89,193	291
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,157	92,209	292
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,698	95,232	293
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	20,242	98,320	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	20,788	101,499	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	21,336	104,767	295
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	21,889	108,171	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, Congo - Kinshasa, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.