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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Austria	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	8,039	277
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	8,059	281
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	8,090	285
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	8,130	288
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	8,166	289
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	8,217	293
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	8,274	296
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	8,317	304
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	8,344	311
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	8,370	319
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	8,390	319
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	8,410	318
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	8,438	319
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	8,476	321
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	8,527	324
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	8,594	327
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	8,680	331
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	8,791	335
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	8,847	343
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	8,890	353
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	8,930	361
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	8,969	366
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	9,004	372
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	9,107	380

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.

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.