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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	Portugal	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	10,144	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	10,215	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	10,288	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	10,344	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	10,383	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	10,408	279
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	10,427	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	10,446	281
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	10,467	282
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	10,482	283
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	10,492	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	10,497	286
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	10,481	287
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	10,439	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	10,382	289
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	10,326	290
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	10,283	291
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	10,251	291
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	10,226	292
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	10,209	293
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	10,212	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	10,223	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	10,214	295
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	10,200	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.

Portugal

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
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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