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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Afghanistan	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	22,206	422
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	22,461	430
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	22,507	438
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	23,600	447
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	25,005	455
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	25,698	463
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	26,335	471
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	27,154	478
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	27,387	486
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	27,706	494
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	28,484	501
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	29,121	509
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	29,758	516
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	30,420	524
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	31,108	531
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	31,823	539
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	32,564	546
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	33,332	553
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	34,125	562
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	34,941	568
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	35,972	574
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	37,034	580
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	38,127	585
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	39,252	590

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 Afghanistan, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.