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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Burkina Faso	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	11,075	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	11,405	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	11,828	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	12,380	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	12,829	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	13,178	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	13,540	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	13,917	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	14,309	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	14,722	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	15,152	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	15,600	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	16,064	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	16,563	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	17,072	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	17,575	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	18,094	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	18,621	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,157	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,698	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	20,242	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	20,788	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	21,336	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	21,889	18,494

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, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.