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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Burkina Faso	Croatia
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	11,075	4,377
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	11,405	4,334
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	11,828	4,171
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	12,380	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	12,829	4,176
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	13,178	4,179
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	13,540	4,182
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	13,917	4,183
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	14,309	4,183
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	14,722	4,181
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	15,152	4,177
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	15,600	4,167
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	16,064	4,154
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	16,563	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	17,072	4,126
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	17,575	4,109
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	18,094	4,081
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	18,621	4,047
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,157	4,006
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,698	3,968
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	20,242	3,945
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	20,788	3,925
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	21,336	3,839
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	21,889	3,790

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.

Croatia

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.