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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Moldova	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	4,244	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	4,199	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	4,154	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	4,108	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	4,059	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	4,013	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,966	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,919	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,873	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,829	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,788	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,748	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,709	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,671	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,633	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,595	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,558	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,522	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,485	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,448	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,412	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,376	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,339	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,570	7,169

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