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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	North Macedonia	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,006	531
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,017	545
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,026	559
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,011	574
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,018	590
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,024	606
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,028	623
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,031	640
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,035	657
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,038	674
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,042	690
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,046	706
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,049	722
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	2,052	737
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	2,055	752
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	2,058	767
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	2,061	781
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	2,063	795
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	2,065	808
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	2,067	821
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	2,068	837
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	2,065	853
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	2,057	869
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	2,048	885

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.

North Macedonia

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

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