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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Laos	Azerbaijan
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	5,286	8,056
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	5,397	8,127
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	5,499	8,194
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	5,578	8,257
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	5,654	8,319
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	5,746	8,391
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	5,836	8,475
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	5,931	8,565
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	6,035	8,657
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	6,145	8,750
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	6,257	8,842
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	6,368	8,933
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	6,477	9,025
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	6,586	9,117
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	6,695	9,210
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	6,804	9,302
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	6,912	9,393
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	7,019	9,481
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	7,127	9,567
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	7,234	9,649
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	7,343	9,727
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	7,452	9,802
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	7,560	9,874
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	7,666	9,918

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 Laos, Azerbaijan; the database as a whole is cited above.