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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	Barbados	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	273	422
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	274	430
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	275	438
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	276	447
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	278	455
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	279	463
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	280	471
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	281	478
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	282	486
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	283	494
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	285	501
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	286	509
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	287	516
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	288	524
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	289	531
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	290	539
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	291	546
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	291	553
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	292	562
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	293	568
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	294	574
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	294	580
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	295	585
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	295	590

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 Oman, Barbados, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.