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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Burkina Faso	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	11,075	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	11,405	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	11,828	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	12,380	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	12,829	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	13,178	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	13,540	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	13,917	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	14,309	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	14,722	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	15,152	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	15,600	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	16,064	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	16,563	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	17,072	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	17,575	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	18,094	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	18,621	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,157	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,698	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	20,242	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	20,788	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	21,336	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	21,889	22,239

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.

Malawi

1904-1950: 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; the database as a whole is cited above.