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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Malta	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	387	433
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	390	438
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	393	443
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	396	448
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	398	454
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	401	460
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	404	467
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	405	474
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	406	482
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	409	491
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	412	500
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	414	509
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	416	521
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	420	533
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	426	547
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	435	560
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	445	571
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	455	586
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	468	599
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	485	610
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	504	623
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	516	633
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	518	643
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	530	651

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 Malta, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.