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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Finland	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	5,166	78
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	5,176	79
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	5,188	80
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	5,201	81
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	5,213	82
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	5,228	83
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	5,246	84
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	5,266	85
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	5,289	86
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	5,313	87
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	5,339	87
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	5,363	88
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	5,388	89
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	5,414	90
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	5,439	91
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	5,463	92
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	5,481	92
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	5,495	93
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	5,508	94
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	5,516	95
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	5,522	96
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	5,531	97
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	5,542	98
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	5,556	98

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.

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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