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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 ZambiaSwitzerlandCape Verde
10,3277,258422
10,6497,296430
10,9807,332438
11,2907,384447
11,5937,438455
11,9077,488463
12,2437,532471
12,6127,579478
13,0057,647486
13,4127,738494
13,8227,825501
14,2557,884509
14,7097,959516
15,1658,044524
15,6318,137531
16,1218,237539
16,6248,332546
17,1408,423553
17,6748,502562
18,2228,565568
18,7808,626574
19,3498,689580
19,9288,756585
20,4858,834590

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.

Switzerland

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

No separate list is published for Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.