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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Central African Republic	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	3,889	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,980	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	4,054	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	4,128	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	4,215	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	4,289	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	4,363	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	4,449	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	4,544	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	4,641	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	4,742	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	4,845	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	4,950	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	5,057	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	5,167	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	5,278	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	5,392	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	5,507	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	5,625	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	5,745	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	5,874	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	6,025	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	6,154	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	6,291	3,570

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 Central African Republic, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.