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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Laos	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	5,286	422
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	5,397	430
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	5,499	438
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	5,578	447
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	5,654	455
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	5,746	463
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	5,836	471
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	5,931	478
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	6,035	486
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	6,145	494
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	6,257	501
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	6,368	509
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	6,477	516
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	6,586	524
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	6,695	531
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	6,804	539
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	6,912	546
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	7,019	553
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	7,127	562
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	7,234	568
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	7,343	574
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	7,452	580
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	7,560	585
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	7,666	590

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, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.