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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ZambiaBurkina FasoBosnia & Herzegovina
10,32711,0753,811
10,64911,4053,901
10,98011,8283,919
11,29012,3803,923
11,59312,8293,940
11,90713,1783,975
12,24313,5403,991
12,61213,9173,993
13,00514,3093,990
13,41214,7223,987
13,82215,1523,985
14,25515,6003,983
14,70916,0643,980
15,16516,5633,977
15,63117,0723,973
16,12117,5753,968
16,62418,0943,963
17,14018,6213,957
17,67419,1573,951
18,22219,6983,944
18,78020,2423,937
19,34920,7883,929
19,92821,3363,921
20,48521,8893,876

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 Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.