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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 ZambiaSudanIran
10,32726,16864,704
10,64926,77165,411
10,98027,38766,167
11,29028,01766,689
11,59328,66267,807
11,90729,32168,480
12,24329,99669,325
12,61230,68670,158
13,00531,39371,040
13,41232,13771,942
13,82233,07872,888
14,25533,89173,826
14,70934,56874,625
15,16535,29375,446
15,63136,09376,418
16,12137,05877,521
16,62438,16578,652
17,14039,29479,700
17,67440,51280,725
18,22241,76481,721
18,78042,95282,685
19,34944,12183,614
19,92845,29084,505
20,48546,49885,108

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.

Iran

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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