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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Moldova	Kuwait
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	4,244	1,926
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	4,199	1,982
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	4,154	2,038
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	4,108	2,094
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	4,059	2,151
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	4,013	2,208
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,966	2,268
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,919	2,329
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,873	2,388
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,829	2,446
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,788	2,502
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,748	2,556
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,709	2,609
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,671	2,660
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,633	2,710
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,595	2,757
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,558	2,804
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,522	2,848
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,485	2,891
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,448	2,933
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,412	2,972
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,376	3,011
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,339	3,048
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,570	3,061

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, Kuwait; the database as a whole is cited above.