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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Moldova	Morocco
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	4,244	28,400
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	4,199	28,744
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	4,154	29,094
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	4,108	29,447
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	4,059	29,806
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	4,013	30,169
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,966	30,552
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,919	30,953
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,873	31,354
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,829	31,754
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,788	32,154
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,748	32,553
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,709	32,951
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,671	33,346
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,633	33,737
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,595	34,124
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,558	34,511
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,522	34,898
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,485	35,279
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,448	35,653
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,412	36,018
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,376	36,375
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,339	36,723
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,570	37,101

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