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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	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	5,286	531
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	5,397	545
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	5,499	559
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	5,578	574
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	5,654	590
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	5,746	606
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	5,836	623
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	5,931	640
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	6,035	657
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	6,145	674
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	6,257	690
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	6,368	706
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	6,477	722
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	6,586	737
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	6,695	752
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	6,804	767
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	6,912	781
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	7,019	795
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	7,127	808
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	7,234	821
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	7,343	837
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	7,452	853
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	7,560	869
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	7,666	885

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