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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Moldova	Namibia
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	4,244	1,841
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	4,199	1,893
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	4,154	1,945
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	4,108	1,981
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	4,059	2,008
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	4,013	2,034
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,966	2,060
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,919	2,086
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,873	2,113
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,829	2,141
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,788	2,170
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,748	2,201
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,709	2,232
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,671	2,268
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,633	2,312
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,595	2,360
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,558	2,408
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,522	2,456
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,485	2,505
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,448	2,554
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,412	2,602
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,376	2,651
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,339	2,700
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,570	2,739

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