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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	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	3,419	78
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,395	79
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	3,367	80
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	3,340	81
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	3,313	82
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	3,276	83
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,223	84
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,172	85
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,134	86
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,102	87
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,068	87
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,004	88
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,937	89
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	2,898	90
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	2,869	91
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	2,844	92
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	2,818	92
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	2,782	93
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	2,744	94
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	2,718	95
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	2,710	96
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	2,711	97
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	2,724	98
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	2,748	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 Lithuania, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.