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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	3,811	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,901	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	3,919	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	3,923	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	3,940	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	3,975	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,991	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,993	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,990	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,987	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,985	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,983	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,980	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,977	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,973	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,968	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,963	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,957	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,951	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,944	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,937	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,929	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,921	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,876	6,910

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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