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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	Moldova	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	4,244	422
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	4,199	430
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	4,154	438
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	4,108	447
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	4,059	455
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	4,013	463
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,966	471
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,919	478
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,873	486
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,829	494
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,788	501
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,748	509
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,709	516
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,671	524
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,633	531
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,595	539
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,558	546
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,522	553
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,485	562
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,448	568
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,412	574
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,376	580
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,339	585
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,570	590

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 Moldova, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.