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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	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	3,800	387
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,811	390
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	3,819	393
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	3,824	396
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	3,826	398
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	3,827	401
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,822	404
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,805	405
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,783	406
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,761	409
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,741	412
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,722	414
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,679	416
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,636	420
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,589	426
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,534	435
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,473	445
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,411	455
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,352	468
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,295	485
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,268	504
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,247	516
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,232	518
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,228	530

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