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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	Cambodia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	11,075	12,122	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	11,405	12,317	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	11,828	12,504	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	12,380	12,691	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	12,829	12,881	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	13,178	13,076	279
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	13,540	13,276	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	13,917	13,461	281
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	14,309	13,630	282
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	14,722	13,808	283
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	15,152	13,990	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	15,600	14,162	286
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	16,064	14,322	287
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	16,563	14,480	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	17,072	14,637	289
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	17,575	14,793	290
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	18,094	14,994	291
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	18,621	15,238	291
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,157	15,480	292
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,698	15,717	293
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	20,242	15,944	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	20,788	16,149	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	21,336	16,338	295
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	21,889	16,514	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, Cambodia, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.