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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 ZambiaMoldovaColombia
10,3274,24438,365
10,6494,19938,911
10,9804,15439,411
11,2904,10839,918
11,5934,05940,416
11,9074,01340,899
12,2433,96641,374
12,6123,91941,862
13,0053,87342,324
13,4123,82942,781
13,8223,78843,264
14,2553,74843,771
14,7093,70944,225
15,1653,67144,660
15,6313,63345,081
16,1213,59545,846
16,6243,55846,290
17,1403,52246,796
17,6743,48547,385
18,2223,44848,222
18,7803,41249,326
19,3493,37650,283
19,9283,33950,978
20,4853,57051,332

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.

Colombia

  • 1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
  • 1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
  • 1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

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