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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	Lithuania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	3,419	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,395	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	3,367	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	3,340	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	3,313	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	3,276	279
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,223	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,172	281
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,134	282
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,102	283
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,068	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,004	286
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,937	287
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	2,898	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	2,869	289
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	2,844	290
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	2,818	291
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	2,782	291
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	2,744	292
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	2,718	293
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	2,710	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	2,711	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	2,724	295
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	2,748	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 Lithuania, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.