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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Laos	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	5,286	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	5,397	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	5,499	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	5,578	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	5,654	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	5,746	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	5,836	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	5,931	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	6,035	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	6,145	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	6,257	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	6,368	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	6,477	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	6,586	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	6,695	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	6,804	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	6,912	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	7,019	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	7,127	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	7,234	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	7,343	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	7,452	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	7,560	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	7,666	117,924

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