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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	Jordan	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	4,591	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	4,700	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	4,811	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	4,923	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	5,037	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	5,161	279
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	5,295	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	5,765	281
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	6,243	282
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	6,397	283
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	6,538	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	6,680	286
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	6,840	287
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	6,952	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	7,706	289
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	8,839	290
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	9,506	291
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	9,863	291
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	10,066	292
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	10,273	293
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	10,480	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	10,628	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	10,716	295
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	10,849	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.

Jordan

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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