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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Austria	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	8,039	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	8,059	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	8,090	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	8,130	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	8,166	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	8,217	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	8,274	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	8,317	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	8,344	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	8,370	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	8,390	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	8,410	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	8,438	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	8,476	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	8,527	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	8,594	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	8,680	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	8,791	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	8,847	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	8,890	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	8,930	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	8,969	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	9,004	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	9,107	108,171

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.

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.