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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Argentina	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	36,924	152
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	37,336	153
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	37,714	154
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	38,079	155
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	38,438	156
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	38,800	157
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	39,171	157
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	39,556	158
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	39,947	159
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	40,343	160
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	40,736	160
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	41,401	161
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	41,881	162
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	42,360	162
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	42,836	163
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	43,310	163
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	43,779	164
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	44,245	164
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	44,706	165
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	45,162	166
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	45,613	166
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	46,058	167
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	46,496	167
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	46,736	167

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.

Argentina

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1900: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P
1900-1913: Unpublished annual estimates supplied by ECLA/CONADE. and quinquennial averages published in El Desarrollo Económico de la Argentina, ECLA, Mexico, 1959, p. 15;
1913-1950: IEERAL, "Estadísticas de la evolución económica de Argentina, 1913-84", Estudios, Buenos Aires, July-September, 1986.

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