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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Moldova	Slovakia
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	4,244	5,360
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	4,199	5,365
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	4,154	5,344
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	4,108	5,343
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	4,059	5,343
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	4,013	5,346
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,966	5,351
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,919	5,355
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,873	5,361
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,829	5,370
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,788	5,382
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,748	5,394
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,709	5,362
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,671	5,370
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,633	5,377
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,595	5,382
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,558	5,386
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,522	5,395
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,485	5,402
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,448	5,410
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,412	5,417
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,376	5,424
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,339	5,404
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,570	5,464

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