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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Laos	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	5,286	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	5,397	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	5,499	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	5,578	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	5,654	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	5,746	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	5,836	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	5,931	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	6,035	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	6,145	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	6,257	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	6,368	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	6,477	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	6,586	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	6,695	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	6,804	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	6,912	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	7,019	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	7,127	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	7,234	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	7,343	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	7,452	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	7,560	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	7,666	108,171

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.