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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Palestinian Territories	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,996	531
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,075	545
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	3,155	559
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	3,235	574
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	3,315	590
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	3,396	606
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,478	623
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,559	640
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,642	657
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,727	674
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,817	690
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,907	706
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,997	722
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	4,088	737
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	4,178	752
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	4,269	767
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	4,359	781
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	4,451	795
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	4,533	808
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	4,615	821
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	4,715	837
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	4,820	853
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	4,930	869
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	5,042	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.

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