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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Congo - Kinshasa	Bulgaria
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	51,181	8,091
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	52,782	8,052
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	54,453	7,798
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	56,170	7,755
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	57,860	7,710
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	59,599	7,668
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	61,474	7,628
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	63,479	7,587
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	65,590	7,549
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	67,800	7,513
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	70,114	7,475
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	72,550	7,425
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	75,138	7,242
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	77,792	7,200
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	80,534	7,160
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	83,368	7,119
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	86,229	7,074
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	89,193	7,024
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	92,209	6,973
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	95,232	6,923
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	98,320	6,874
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	101,499	6,833
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	104,767	6,778
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	108,171	6,720

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.

Bulgaria

1892-1945: Ivanov, M. (2006). “Bulgarian National Income between 1892 and 1924,” Bulgarian National Discussion Papers DP/54/2006

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.