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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	Bahrain
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	4,244	633
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	4,199	648
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	4,154	665
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	4,108	707
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	4,059	773
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	4,013	839
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,966	907
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,919	974
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,873	1,043
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,829	1,096
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,788	1,133
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,748	1,168
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,709	1,202
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,671	1,236
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,633	1,268
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,595	1,301
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,558	1,333
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,522	1,365
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,485	1,396
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,448	1,428
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,412	1,459
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,376	1,489
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,339	1,511
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,570	1,521

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