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

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