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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	Central African Republic	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	3,889	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,980	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	4,054	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	4,128	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	4,215	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	4,289	279
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	4,363	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	4,449	281
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	4,544	282
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	4,641	283
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	4,742	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	4,845	286
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	4,950	287
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	5,057	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	5,167	289
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	5,278	290
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	5,392	291
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	5,507	291
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	5,625	292
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	5,745	293
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	5,874	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	6,025	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	6,154	295
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	6,291	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.

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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 Central African Republic, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.