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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Mexico	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	97,242	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	98,403	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	99,599	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	100,863	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	102,132	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	103,334	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	104,508	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	105,738	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	107,083	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	108,554	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	110,061	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	111,468	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	112,826	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	114,163	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	115,471	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	116,757	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	118,017	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	117,444	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	118,799	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	120,289	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	121,872	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	123,260	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	124,462	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	125,247	29,417

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.

Mexico

1550–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Prados de la Escosura, L., (2009), ‘Lost decades? Economic performance in post-independence Latin America’, Journal of Latin America Studies, 41, pp. 279–307. (updated data)
1870-1895: Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford University Press, Table A.2
1895–2003: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350

No separate list is published for Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.