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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Burkina Faso	Costa Rica
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	11,075	3,785
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	11,405	3,867
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	11,828	3,951
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	12,380	4,021
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	12,829	4,079
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	13,178	4,145
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	13,540	4,212
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	13,917	4,278
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	14,309	4,338
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	14,722	4,400
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	15,152	4,467
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	15,600	4,544
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	16,064	4,587
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	16,563	4,648
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	17,072	4,707
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	17,575	4,768
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	18,094	4,827
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	18,621	4,885
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,157	4,942
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,698	4,998
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	20,242	5,052
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	20,788	5,105
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	21,336	5,158
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	21,889	5,185

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, Costa Rica; the database as a whole is cited above.