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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Zambia
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	10,327
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	10,649
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	10,980
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	11,290
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	11,593
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	11,907
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	12,243
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	12,612
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	13,005
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	13,412
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	13,822
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	14,255
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	14,709
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	15,165
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	15,631
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	16,121
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	16,624
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	17,140
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	17,674
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	18,222
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	18,780
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	19,349
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	19,928
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	20,485

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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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.