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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	Lithuania	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	3,419	433
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,395	438
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	3,367	443
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	3,340	448
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	3,313	454
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	3,276	460
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,223	467
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,172	474
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,134	482
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,102	491
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,068	500
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,004	509
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,937	521
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	2,898	533
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	2,869	547
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	2,844	560
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	2,818	571
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	2,782	586
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	2,744	599
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	2,718	610
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	2,710	623
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	2,711	633
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	2,724	643
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	2,748	651

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 Lithuania, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.