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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Congo - Kinshasa	Malaysia
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	51,181	22,132
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	52,782	22,695
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	54,453	23,291
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	56,170	23,874
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	57,860	24,437
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	59,599	24,993
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	61,474	25,543
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	63,479	26,086
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	65,590	26,620
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	67,800	27,161
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	70,114	27,715
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	72,550	28,268
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	75,138	28,750
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	77,792	29,163
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	80,534	29,568
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	83,368	29,977
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	86,229	30,387
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	89,193	30,782
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	92,209	31,164
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	95,232	31,539
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	98,320	31,903
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	101,499	32,257
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	104,767	32,603
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	108,171	32,956

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.

Malaysia

1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press

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