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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Laos	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	5,286	78
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	5,397	79
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	5,499	80
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	5,578	81
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	5,654	82
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	5,746	83
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	5,836	84
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	5,931	85
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	6,035	86
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	6,145	87
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	6,257	87
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	6,368	88
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	6,477	89
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	6,586	90
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	6,695	91
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	6,804	92
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	6,912	92
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	7,019	93
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	7,127	94
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	7,234	95
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	7,343	96
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	7,452	97
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	7,560	98
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	7,666	98

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