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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Palestinian Territories	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,996	422
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,075	430
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	3,155	438
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	3,235	447
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	3,315	455
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	3,396	463
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,478	471
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,559	478
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,642	486
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,727	494
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,817	501
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,907	509
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,997	516
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	4,088	524
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	4,178	531
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	4,269	539
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	4,359	546
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	4,451	553
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	4,533	562
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	4,615	568
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	4,715	574
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	4,820	580
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	4,930	585
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	5,042	590

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 Palestinian Territories, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.