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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Congo - Kinshasa	France
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	51,181	60,396
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	52,782	60,811
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	54,453	61,255
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	56,170	61,703
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	57,860	62,141
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	59,599	62,600
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	61,474	63,073
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	63,479	63,513
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	65,590	63,906
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	67,800	64,264
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	70,114	64,594
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	72,550	64,913
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	75,138	65,231
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	77,792	65,552
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	80,534	65,891
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	83,368	66,212
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	86,229	66,480
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	89,193	66,730
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	92,209	67,015
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	95,232	67,347
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	98,320	67,660
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	101,499	67,901
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	104,767	68,114
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	108,171	68,387

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.

France

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987

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