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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Congo - Kinshasa	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	51,181	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	52,782	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	54,453	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	56,170	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	57,860	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	59,599	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	61,474	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	63,479	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	65,590	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	67,800	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	70,114	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	72,550	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	75,138	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	77,792	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	80,534	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	83,368	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	86,229	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	89,193	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	92,209	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	95,232	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	98,320	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	101,499	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	104,767	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	108,171	63,382

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.

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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