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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Burkina Faso	Tunisia
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	11,075	9,417
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	11,405	9,514
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	11,828	9,613
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	12,380	9,711
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	12,829	9,810
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	13,178	9,906
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	13,540	9,997
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	13,917	10,087
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	14,309	10,178
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	14,722	10,274
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	15,152	10,377
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	15,600	10,491
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	16,064	10,612
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	16,563	10,737
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	17,072	10,866
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	17,575	10,996
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	18,094	11,124
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	18,621	11,248
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,157	11,365
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,698	11,477
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	20,242	11,583
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	20,788	11,681
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	21,336	11,772
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	21,889	11,862

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