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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	Puerto Rico	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	3,800	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,811	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	3,819	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	3,824	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	3,826	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	3,827	279
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,822	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,805	281
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,783	282
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,761	283
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,741	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,722	286
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,679	287
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,636	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,589	289
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,534	290
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,473	291
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,411	291
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,352	292
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,295	293
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,268	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,247	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,232	295
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,228	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.

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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 Puerto Rico, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.