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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	3,811	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,901	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	3,919	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	3,923	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	3,940	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	3,975	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,991	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,993	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,990	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,987	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,985	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,983	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,980	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,977	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,973	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,968	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,963	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,957	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,951	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,944	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,937	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,929	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,921	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,876	217,718

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

Brazil

1800 - 1870: 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)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;