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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Burkina Faso	Pakistan
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	11,075	141,497
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	11,405	145,759
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	11,828	150,448
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	12,380	154,585
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	12,829	158,209
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	13,178	161,556
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	13,540	165,075
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	13,917	168,846
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	14,309	172,882
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	14,722	176,809
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	15,152	180,690
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	15,600	184,989
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	16,064	189,314
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	16,563	193,569
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	17,072	197,994
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	17,575	202,387
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	18,094	206,716
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	18,621	210,929
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,157	215,276
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,698	219,927
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	20,242	224,604
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	20,788	229,276
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	21,336	233,942
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	21,889	238,413

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