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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ZambiaBurkina FasoTogo
10,32711,0754,852
10,64911,4054,992
10,98011,8285,135
11,29012,3805,278
11,59312,8295,425
11,90713,1785,578
12,24313,5405,715
12,61213,9175,865
13,00514,3096,042
13,41214,7226,220
13,82215,1526,405
14,25515,6006,587
14,70916,0646,772
15,16516,5636,961
15,63117,0727,154
16,12117,5757,351
16,62418,0947,552
17,14018,6217,757
17,67419,1577,965
18,22219,6988,176
18,78020,2428,376
19,34920,7888,579
19,92821,3368,784
20,48521,8898,991

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