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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ZambiaPuerto RicoCongo - Kinshasa
10,3273,80051,181
10,6493,81152,782
10,9803,81954,453
11,2903,82456,170
11,5933,82657,860
11,9073,82759,599
12,2433,82261,474
12,6123,80563,479
13,0053,78365,590
13,4123,76167,800
13,8223,74170,114
14,2553,72272,550
14,7093,67975,138
15,1653,63677,792
15,6313,58980,534
16,1213,53483,368
16,6243,47386,229
17,1403,41189,193
17,6743,35292,209
18,2223,29595,232
18,7803,26898,320
19,3493,247101,499
19,9283,232104,767
20,4853,228108,171

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.