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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Guinea	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	7,610	78
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	7,780	79
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	7,821	80
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	7,906	81
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	8,121	82
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	8,317	83
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	8,478	84
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	8,650	85
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	8,860	86
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	9,091	87
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	9,327	87
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	9,571	88
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	9,825	89
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	10,084	90
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	10,351	91
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	10,632	92
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	10,924	92
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	11,225	93
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	11,534	94
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	11,855	95
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	12,160	96
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	12,469	97
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	12,778	98
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	13,087	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.

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