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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Burkina Faso	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	11,075	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	11,405	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	11,828	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	12,380	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	12,829	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	13,178	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	13,540	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	13,917	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	14,309	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	14,722	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	15,152	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	15,600	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	16,064	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	16,563	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	17,072	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	17,575	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	18,094	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	18,621	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,157	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,698	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	20,242	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	20,788	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	21,336	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	21,889	3,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.