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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Laos	Djibouti
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	5,286	646
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	5,397	669
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	5,499	693
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	5,578	716
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	5,654	691
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	5,746	657
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	5,836	666
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	5,931	679
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	6,035	694
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	6,145	709
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	6,257	725
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	6,368	741
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	6,477	757
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	6,586	774
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	6,695	792
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	6,804	810
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	6,912	828
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	7,019	847
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	7,127	865
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	7,234	884
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	7,343	898
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	7,452	912
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	7,560	924
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	7,666	937

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