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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	Djibouti
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	3,800	646
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,811	669
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	3,819	693
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	3,824	716
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	3,826	691
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	3,827	657
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,822	666
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,805	679
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,783	694
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,761	709
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,741	725
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,722	741
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,679	757
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,636	774
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,589	792
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,534	810
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,473	828
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,411	847
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,352	865
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,295	884
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,268	898
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,247	912
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,232	924
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,228	937

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, Djibouti; the database as a whole is cited above.