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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 FasoLuxembourg
10,32711,075433
10,64911,405438
10,98011,828443
11,29012,380448
11,59312,829454
11,90713,178460
12,24313,540467
12,61213,917474
13,00514,309482
13,41214,722491
13,82215,152500
14,25515,600509
14,70916,064521
15,16516,563533
15,63117,072547
16,12117,575560
16,62418,094571
17,14018,621586
17,67419,157599
18,22219,698610
18,78020,242623
19,34920,788633
19,92821,336643
20,48521,889651

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