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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	3,811	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,901	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	3,919	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	3,923	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	3,940	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	3,975	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,991	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,993	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,990	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,987	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,985	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,983	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,980	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,977	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,973	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,968	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,963	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,957	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,951	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,944	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,937	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,929	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,921	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,876	21,889

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.