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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	Romania	Barbados	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	22,414	273	152
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	22,262	274	153
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	22,106	275	154
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	21,931	276	155
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	21,828	278	156
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	21,704	279	157
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	21,571	280	157
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	21,443	281	158
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	21,129	282	159
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	20,779	283	160
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	20,607	285	160
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	20,485	286	161
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	20,385	287	162
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	20,296	288	162
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	20,224	289	163
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	20,151	290	163
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	20,055	291	164
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	19,938	291	164
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,823	292	165
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,713	293	166
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	19,622	294	166
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	19,496	294	167
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	19,351	295	167
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	19,266	295	167

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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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