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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Russia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	147,218	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	146,600	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	145,980	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	145,310	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	144,652	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	144,071	279
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	143,522	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	143,053	281
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	142,809	282
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	142,746	283
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	142,789	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	142,853	286
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	142,964	287
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	143,205	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	143,510	289
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	146,094	290
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	146,410	291
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	146,678	291
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	146,846	292
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	146,834	293
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	146,768	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	146,463	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	145,849	295
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	146,693	295

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.

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