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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Congo - Kinshasa	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	51,181	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	52,782	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	54,453	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	56,170	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	57,860	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	59,599	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	61,474	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	63,479	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	65,590	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	67,800	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	70,114	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	72,550	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	75,138	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	77,792	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	80,534	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	83,368	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	86,229	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	89,193	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	92,209	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	95,232	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	98,320	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	101,499	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	104,767	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	108,171	34,081

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.

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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