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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Congo - Kinshasa	North Korea
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	51,181	22,594
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	52,782	22,785
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	54,453	22,977
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	56,170	23,165
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	57,860	23,330
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	59,599	23,477
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	61,474	23,621
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	63,479	23,764
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	65,590	23,908
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	67,800	24,051
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	70,114	24,191
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	72,550	24,326
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	75,138	24,457
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	77,792	24,589
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	80,534	24,720
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	83,368	24,852
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	86,229	24,983
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	89,193	25,115
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	92,209	25,248
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	95,232	25,381
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	98,320	25,497
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	101,499	25,608
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	104,767	25,711
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	108,171	25,808

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.

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.