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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	North Macedonia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,006	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,017	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,026	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,011	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,018	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,024	279
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,028	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,031	281
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,035	282
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,038	283
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,042	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,046	286
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,049	287
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	2,052	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	2,055	289
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	2,058	290
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	2,061	291
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	2,063	291
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	2,065	292
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	2,067	293
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	2,068	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	2,065	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	2,057	295
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	2,048	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.

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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