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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Saudi Arabia	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	19,964	422
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	20,426	430
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	20,956	438
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	21,549	447
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	22,189	455
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	22,850	463
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	23,516	471
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	24,178	478
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	24,841	486
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	25,518	494
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	26,227	501
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	27,068	509
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	27,810	516
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	28,516	524
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	29,220	531
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	29,936	539
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	30,646	546
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	31,360	553
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	32,184	562
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	32,869	568
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	33,661	574
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	34,542	580
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	33,651	585
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	34,081	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.

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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