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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Central African Republic	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	3,889	531
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,980	545
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	4,054	559
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	4,128	574
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	4,215	590
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	4,289	606
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	4,363	623
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	4,449	640
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	4,544	657
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	4,641	674
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	4,742	690
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	4,845	706
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	4,950	722
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	5,057	737
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	5,167	752
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	5,278	767
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	5,392	781
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	5,507	795
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	5,625	808
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	5,745	821
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	5,874	837
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	6,025	853
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	6,154	869
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	6,291	885

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.

No separate list is published for Central African Republic, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.