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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 ZambiaEcuadorCape Verde
10,32712,268422
10,64912,446430
10,98012,629438
11,29012,827447
11,59313,074455
11,90713,368463
12,24313,661471
12,61213,915478
13,00514,133486
13,41214,352494
13,82214,569501
14,25514,786509
14,70915,002516
15,16515,218524
15,63115,433531
16,12115,647539
16,62415,860546
17,14016,072553
17,67416,282562
18,22216,489568
18,78016,693574
19,34916,894580
19,92817,093585
20,48517,288590

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.

Ecuador

  • 1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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