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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Latvia
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,386
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,363
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,333
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,306
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,284
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,259
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,235
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,215
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,197
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,174
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,138
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,093
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,055
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	2,030
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	2,009
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	1,991
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	1,974
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	1,956
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	1,938
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	1,923
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	1,910
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	1,897
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	1,880
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	1,883

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 Latvia; the database as a whole is cited above.