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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Lebanon	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	3,460	78
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,499	79
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	3,554	80
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	3,610	81
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	3,665	82
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	3,721	83
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,777	84
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,853	85
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,954	86
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	4,036	87
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	4,082	87
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	4,097	88
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	4,115	89
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	4,206	90
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	4,696	91
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	5,365	92
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	5,640	92
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	5,688	93
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	5,680	94
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	5,562	95
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	5,331	96
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	4,986	97
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	4,802	98
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	4,713	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.

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.