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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 ZambiaRussiaBosnia & Herzegovina
10,327147,2183,811
10,649146,6003,901
10,980145,9803,919
11,290145,3103,923
11,593144,6523,940
11,907144,0713,975
12,243143,5223,991
12,612143,0533,993
13,005142,8093,990
13,412142,7463,987
13,822142,7893,985
14,255142,8533,983
14,709142,9643,980
15,165143,2053,977
15,631143,5103,973
16,121146,0943,968
16,624146,4103,963
17,140146,6783,957
17,674146,8463,951
18,222146,8343,944
18,780146,7683,937
19,349146,4633,929
19,928145,8493,921
20,485146,6933,876

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.

Russia

  • 1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project