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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	3,811	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,901	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	3,919	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	3,923	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	3,940	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	3,975	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,991	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,993	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,990	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,987	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,985	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,983	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,980	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,977	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,973	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,968	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,963	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,957	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,951	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,944	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,937	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,929	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,921	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,876	3,228

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 Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.