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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	Estonia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	1,378	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	1,400	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	1,391	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	1,382	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	1,374	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	1,365	279
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	1,357	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	1,349	281
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	1,341	282
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	1,337	283
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	1,334	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	1,332	286
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	1,328	287
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	1,324	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	1,319	289
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	1,314	290
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	1,312	291
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	1,314	291
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	1,314	292
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	1,318	293
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	1,323	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	1,327	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	1,329	295
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	1,330	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 Estonia, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.