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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	Oman	Argentina	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	36,924	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	37,336	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	37,714	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	38,079	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	38,438	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	38,800	279
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	39,171	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	39,556	281
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	39,947	282
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	40,343	283
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	40,736	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	41,401	286
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	41,881	287
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	42,360	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	42,836	289
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	43,310	290
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	43,779	291
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	44,245	291
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	44,706	292
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	45,162	293
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	45,613	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	46,058	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	46,496	295
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	46,736	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.

Argentina

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 - 1900: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P
1900-1913: Unpublished annual estimates supplied by ECLA/CONADE. and quinquennial averages published in El Desarrollo Económico de la Argentina, ECLA, Mexico, 1959, p. 15;
1913-1950: IEERAL, "Estadísticas de la evolución económica de Argentina, 1913-84", Estudios, Buenos Aires, July-September, 1986.

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