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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Laos	Congo - Brazzaville
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	5,286	2,886
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	5,397	2,999
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	5,499	3,113
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	5,578	3,181
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	5,654	3,274
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	5,746	3,400
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	5,836	3,543
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	5,931	3,702
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	6,035	3,859
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	6,145	3,989
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	6,257	4,146
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	6,368	4,324
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	6,477	4,468
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	6,586	4,581
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	6,695	4,667
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	6,804	4,757
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	6,912	4,851
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	7,019	4,951
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	7,127	5,055
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	7,234	5,164
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	7,343	5,279
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	7,452	5,400
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	7,560	5,527
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	7,666	5,655

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 - Brazzaville; the database as a whole is cited above.