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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ZambiaBurkina FasoCyprus
10,32711,075818
10,64911,405826
10,98011,828835
11,29012,380845
11,59312,829855
11,90713,178867
12,24313,540879
12,61213,917894
13,00514,309913
13,41214,722937
13,82215,152962
14,25515,600988
14,70916,0641,013
15,16516,5631,029
15,63117,0721,026
16,12117,5751,015
16,62418,0941,009
17,14018,6211,014
17,67419,1571,023
18,22219,6981,036
18,78020,2421,050
19,34920,7881,062
19,92821,3361,072
20,48521,8891,087

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.

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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, Cyprus; the database as a whole is cited above.