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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Philippines	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	79,346	531
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	81,131	545
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	83,023	559
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	84,876	574
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	86,697	590
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	88,568	606
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	90,418	623
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	92,253	640
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	94,098	657
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	95,923	674
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	97,627	690
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	99,317	706
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	100,999	722
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	102,618	737
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	104,299	752
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	106,076	767
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	107,868	781
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	109,493	795
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	111,094	808
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	112,843	821
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	114,636	837
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	117,026	853
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	119,473	869
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	121,234	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.

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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