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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Burkina Faso	Chad
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	11,075	7,559
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	11,405	7,821
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	11,828	8,092
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	12,380	8,395
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	12,829	8,763
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	13,178	9,191
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	13,540	9,594
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	13,917	9,967
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	14,309	10,338
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	14,722	10,728
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	15,152	11,139
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	15,600	11,550
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	16,064	11,983
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	16,563	12,427
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	17,072	12,895
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	17,575	13,379
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	18,094	13,823
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	18,621	14,277
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,157	14,765
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,698	15,252
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	20,242	15,750
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	20,788	16,257
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	21,336	16,776
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	21,889	17,307

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