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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Burkina Faso	Ukraine
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	11,075	49,491
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	11,405	49,014
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	11,828	48,520
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	12,380	48,074
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	12,829	47,692
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	13,178	47,342
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	13,540	47,003
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	13,917	46,685
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	14,309	46,407
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	14,722	46,156
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	15,152	45,951
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	15,600	45,768
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	16,064	45,604
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	16,563	45,492
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	17,072	45,389
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	17,575	44,944
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	18,094	44,429
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	18,621	44,208
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,157	44,029
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,698	43,944
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	20,242	43,951
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	20,788	43,904
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	21,336	43,746
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	21,889	39,897

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