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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 ZambiaJordanSt. Lucia
10,3274,591152
10,6494,700153
10,9804,811154
11,2904,923155
11,5935,037156
11,9075,161157
12,2435,295157
12,6125,765158
13,0056,243159
13,4126,397160
13,8226,538160
14,2556,680161
14,7096,840162
15,1656,952162
15,6317,706163
16,1218,839163
16,6249,506164
17,1409,863164
17,67410,066165
18,22210,273166
18,78010,480166
19,34910,628167
19,92810,716167
20,48510,849167

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.

Jordan

  • 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
  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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