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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	3,811	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,901	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	3,919	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	3,923	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	3,940	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	3,975	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,991	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,993	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,990	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,987	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,985	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,983	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,980	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,977	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,973	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,968	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,963	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,957	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,951	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,944	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,937	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,929	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,921	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,876	19,512

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 Senegal; the database as a whole is cited above.