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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Moldova	Gabon
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	4,244	1,143
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	4,199	1,179
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	4,154	1,207
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	4,108	1,234
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	4,059	1,262
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	4,013	1,297
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,966	1,340
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,919	1,384
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,873	1,434
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,829	1,487
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,788	1,542
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,748	1,600
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,709	1,656
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,671	1,714
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,633	1,778
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,595	1,843
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,558	1,905
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,522	1,966
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,485	2,025
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,448	2,083
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,412	2,139
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,376	2,193
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,339	2,246
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,570	2,292

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 Moldova, Gabon; the database as a whole is cited above.