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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	Qatar	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	11,075	627	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	11,405	659	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	11,828	691	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	12,380	724	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	12,829	757	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	13,178	850	279
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	13,540	1,001	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	13,917	1,153	281
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	14,309	1,306	282
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	14,722	1,460	283
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	15,152	1,615	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	15,600	1,770	286
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	16,064	1,904	287
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	16,563	2,010	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	17,072	2,103	289
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	17,575	2,187	290
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	18,094	2,261	291
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	18,621	2,326	291
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,157	2,384	292
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,698	2,435	293
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	20,242	2,480	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	20,788	2,519	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	21,336	2,553	295
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	21,889	2,559	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, Qatar, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.