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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Burkina Faso	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	11,075	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	11,405	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	11,828	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	12,380	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	12,829	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	13,178	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	13,540	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	13,917	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	14,309	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	14,722	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	15,152	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	15,600	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	16,064	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	16,563	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	17,072	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	17,575	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	18,094	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	18,621	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,157	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,698	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	20,242	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	20,788	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	21,336	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	21,889	13,439

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.

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.