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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Latvia	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,386	433
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,363	438
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,333	443
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,306	448
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,284	454
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,259	460
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,235	467
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,215	474
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,197	482
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,174	491
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,138	500
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,093	509
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,055	521
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	2,030	533
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	2,009	547
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	1,991	560
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	1,974	571
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	1,956	586
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	1,938	599
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	1,923	610
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	1,910	623
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	1,897	633
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	1,880	643
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	1,883	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 Latvia, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.