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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Congo - Kinshasa	Ukraine
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	51,181	49,491
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	52,782	49,014
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	54,453	48,520
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	56,170	48,074
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	57,860	47,692
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	59,599	47,342
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	61,474	47,003
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	63,479	46,685
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	65,590	46,407
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	67,800	46,156
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	70,114	45,951
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	72,550	45,768
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	75,138	45,604
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	77,792	45,492
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	80,534	45,389
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	83,368	44,944
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	86,229	44,429
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	89,193	44,208
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	92,209	44,029
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	95,232	43,944
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	98,320	43,951
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	101,499	43,904
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	104,767	43,746
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	108,171	39,897

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, Ukraine; the database as a whole is cited above.