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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	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	3,889	433
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,980	438
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	4,054	443
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	4,128	448
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	4,215	454
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	4,289	460
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	4,363	467
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	4,449	474
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	4,544	482
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	4,641	491
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	4,742	500
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	4,845	509
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	4,950	521
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	5,057	533
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	5,167	547
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	5,278	560
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	5,392	571
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	5,507	586
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	5,625	599
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	5,745	610
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	5,874	623
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	6,025	633
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	6,154	643
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	6,291	651

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, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.