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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Israel	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	5,927	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	6,088	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	6,236	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	6,366	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	6,484	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	6,603	279
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	6,723	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	6,846	281
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	6,972	282
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	7,100	283
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	7,226	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	7,360	286
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	7,498	287
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	7,637	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	7,781	289
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	7,931	290
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	8,091	291
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	8,251	291
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	8,412	292
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	8,576	293
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	8,742	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	8,899	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	9,047	295
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	9,188	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.

Israel

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

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