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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Cambodia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	12,122	387
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	12,317	390
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	12,504	393
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	12,691	396
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	12,881	398
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	13,076	401
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	13,276	404
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	13,461	405
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	13,630	406
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	13,808	409
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	13,990	412
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	14,162	414
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	14,322	416
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	14,480	420
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	14,637	426
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	14,793	435
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	14,994	445
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	15,238	455
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	15,480	468
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	15,717	485
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	15,944	504
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	16,149	516
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	16,338	518
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	16,514	530

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 Cambodia, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.