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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Haiti
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	3,811	8,121
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,901	8,279
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	3,919	8,430
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	3,923	8,580
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	3,940	8,739
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	3,975	8,900
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,991	9,061
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,993	9,216
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,990	9,364
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,987	9,508
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,985	9,652
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,983	9,553
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,980	9,670
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,977	9,793
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,973	9,922
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,968	10,047
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,963	10,254
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,957	10,486
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,951	10,647
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,944	10,788
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,937	10,933
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,929	11,077
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,921	11,215
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,876	11,349

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 Haiti; the database as a whole is cited above.