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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Burkina Faso	Dominican Republic
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	11,075	8,175
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	11,405	8,301
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	11,828	8,427
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	12,380	8,553
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	12,829	8,678
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	13,178	8,801
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	13,540	8,924
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	13,917	9,044
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	14,309	9,164
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	14,722	9,281
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	15,152	9,398
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	15,600	9,512
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	16,064	9,627
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	16,563	9,742
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	17,072	9,855
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	17,575	9,965
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	18,094	10,072
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	18,621	10,177
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,157	10,281
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,698	10,385
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	20,242	10,487
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	20,788	10,587
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	21,336	10,686
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	21,889	10,793

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, Dominican Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.