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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Moldova	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	4,244	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	4,199	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	4,154	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	4,108	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	4,059	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	4,013	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,966	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,919	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,873	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,829	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,788	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,748	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,709	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,671	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,633	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,595	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,558	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,522	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,485	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,448	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,412	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,376	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,339	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,570	7,432

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