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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Moldova	Slovenia
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	4,244	1,998
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	4,199	2,004
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	4,154	2,006
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	4,108	2,009
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	4,059	2,010
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	4,013	2,011
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,966	2,015
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,919	2,022
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,873	2,033
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,829	2,036
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,788	2,056
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,748	2,063
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,709	2,067
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,671	2,071
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,633	2,074
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,595	2,076
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,558	2,078
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,522	2,079
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,485	2,081
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,448	2,087
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,412	2,104
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,376	2,118
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,339	2,123
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,570	2,124

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.

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.