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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Sudan	Djibouti
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	26,168	646
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	26,771	669
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	27,387	693
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	28,017	716
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	28,662	691
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	29,321	657
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	29,996	666
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	30,686	679
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	31,393	694
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	32,137	709
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	33,078	725
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	33,891	741
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	34,568	757
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	35,293	774
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	36,093	792
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	37,058	810
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	38,165	828
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	39,294	847
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	40,512	865
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	41,764	884
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	42,952	898
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	44,121	912
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	45,290	924
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	46,498	937

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 Sudan, Djibouti; the database as a whole is cited above.