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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	Yemen	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	16,728	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	17,236	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	17,762	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	18,310	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	18,855	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	19,410	279
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	20,000	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	20,611	281
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	21,236	282
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	21,878	283
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	22,533	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	23,195	286
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	23,880	287
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	24,594	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	25,311	289
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	26,020	290
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	26,698	291
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	27,347	291
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	27,985	292
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	28,608	293
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	29,216	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	29,811	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	30,399	295
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	31,058	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.

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