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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	Brazil	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	174,320	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	176,902	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	179,389	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	181,721	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	183,970	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	186,165	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	188,330	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	190,438	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	192,450	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	194,458	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	196,464	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	198,408	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	200,152	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	201,894	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	203,614	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	205,358	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	207,148	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	208,859	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	210,537	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	212,258	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	213,940	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	215,577	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	216,720	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	217,718	7,666

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.

Brazil

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)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

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