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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ZambiaGuineaCongo - Kinshasa
10,3277,61051,181
10,6497,78052,782
10,9807,82154,453
11,2907,90656,170
11,5938,12157,860
11,9078,31759,599
12,2438,47861,474
12,6128,65063,479
13,0058,86065,590
13,4129,09167,800
13,8229,32770,114
14,2559,57172,550
14,7099,82575,138
15,16510,08477,792
15,63110,35180,534
16,12110,63283,368
16,62410,92486,229
17,14011,22589,193
17,67411,53492,209
18,22211,85595,232
18,78012,16098,320
19,34912,469101,499
19,92812,778104,767
20,48513,087108,171

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 Guinea, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.