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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Congo - Kinshasa	Angola
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	51,181	11,334
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	52,782	11,676
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	54,453	12,030
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	56,170	12,443
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	57,860	12,936
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	59,599	13,480
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	61,474	14,012
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	63,479	14,535
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	65,590	15,084
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	67,800	15,658
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	70,114	16,260
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	72,550	16,885
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	75,138	17,525
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	77,792	18,202
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	80,534	18,908
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	83,368	19,624
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	86,229	20,354
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	89,193	21,098
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	92,209	21,859
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	95,232	22,638
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	98,320	23,437
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	101,499	24,253
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	104,767	25,089
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	108,171	25,878

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Angola; the database as a whole is cited above.