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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Bosnia & Herzegovina	France
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	3,811	60,396
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,901	60,811
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	3,919	61,255
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	3,923	61,703
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	3,940	62,141
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	3,975	62,600
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,991	63,073
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,993	63,513
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,990	63,906
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,987	64,264
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,985	64,594
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,983	64,913
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,980	65,231
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,977	65,552
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,973	65,891
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,968	66,212
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,963	66,480
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,957	66,730
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,951	67,015
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,944	67,347
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,937	67,660
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,929	67,901
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,921	68,114
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,876	68,387

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

France

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987