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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	Moldova	Barbados	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	4,244	273	433
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	4,199	274	438
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	4,154	275	443
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	4,108	276	448
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	4,059	278	454
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	4,013	279	460
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,966	280	467
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,919	281	474
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,873	282	482
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,829	283	491
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,788	285	500
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,748	286	509
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,709	287	521
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,671	288	533
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,633	289	547
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,595	290	560
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,558	291	571
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,522	291	586
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,485	292	599
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,448	293	610
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,412	294	623
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,376	294	633
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,339	295	643
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,570	295	651

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.

All data sources

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 Moldova, Barbados, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.