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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Chile	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	15,140	138
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	15,340	141
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	15,513	144
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	15,686	147
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	15,859	151
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	16,029	154
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	16,222	158
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	16,364	161
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	16,536	165
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	16,700	168
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	16,864	172
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	16,999	176
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	17,189	180
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	17,378	183
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	17,545	187
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	17,720	190
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	17,904	194
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	18,099	198
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	18,350	201
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	18,681	204
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	19,035	208
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	19,385	212
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	19,604	216
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	19,715	220

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.

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

No separate list is published for São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.