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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Mongolia
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,433
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,461
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,489
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,519
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,547
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,574
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,602
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,633
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,666
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,702
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,741
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,783
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,827
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	2,870
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	2,912
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	2,953
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	2,993
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,031
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,068
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,103
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,171
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,231
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,284
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,333

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 Mongolia; the database as a whole is cited above.