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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Brazil	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	174,320	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	176,902	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	179,389	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	181,721	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	183,970	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	186,165	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	188,330	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	190,438	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	192,450	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	194,458	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	196,464	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	198,408	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	200,152	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	201,894	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	203,614	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	205,358	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	207,148	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	208,859	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	210,537	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	212,258	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	213,940	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	215,577	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	216,720	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	217,718	29,417

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.

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

No separate list is published for Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.