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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Laos	Burundi
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	5,286	6,128
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	5,397	6,282
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	5,499	6,466
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	5,578	6,670
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	5,654	6,897
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	5,746	7,167
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	5,836	7,439
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	5,931	7,709
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	6,035	7,991
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	6,145	8,318
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	6,257	8,741
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	6,368	9,140
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	6,477	9,440
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	6,586	9,748
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	6,695	10,069
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	6,804	10,380
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	6,912	10,577
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	7,019	10,721
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	7,127	10,955
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	7,234	11,229
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	7,343	11,602
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	7,452	11,987
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	7,560	12,384
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	7,666	12,795

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, Burundi; the database as a whole is cited above.