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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	Sudan	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	26,168	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	26,771	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	27,387	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	28,017	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	28,662	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	29,321	279
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	29,996	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	30,686	281
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	31,393	282
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	32,137	283
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	33,078	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	33,891	286
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	34,568	287
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	35,293	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	36,093	289
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	37,058	290
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	38,165	291
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	39,294	291
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	40,512	292
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	41,764	293
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	42,952	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	44,121	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	45,290	295
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	46,498	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.

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