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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Estonia	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	1,378	277
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	1,400	281
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	1,391	285
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	1,382	288
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	1,374	289
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	1,365	293
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	1,357	296
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	1,349	304
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	1,341	311
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	1,337	319
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	1,334	319
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	1,332	318
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	1,328	319
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	1,324	321
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	1,319	324
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	1,314	327
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	1,312	331
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	1,314	335
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	1,314	343
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	1,318	353
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	1,323	361
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	1,327	366
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	1,329	372
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	1,330	380

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.

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

No separate list is published for Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.