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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	3,811	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,901	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	3,919	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	3,923	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	3,940	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	3,975	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,991	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,993	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,990	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,987	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,985	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,983	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,980	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,977	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,973	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,968	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,963	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,957	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,951	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,944	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,937	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,929	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,921	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,876	31,058

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 Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.