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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	Ecuador	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	12,268	387
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	12,446	390
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	12,629	393
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	12,827	396
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	13,074	398
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	13,368	401
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	13,661	404
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	13,915	405
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	14,133	406
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	14,352	409
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	14,569	412
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	14,786	414
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	15,002	416
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	15,218	420
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	15,433	426
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	15,647	435
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	15,860	445
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	16,072	455
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	16,282	468
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	16,489	485
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	16,693	504
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	16,894	516
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	17,093	518
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	17,288	530

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.

Ecuador

1833-1938: 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). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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