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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Mexico	Russia
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	97,242	147,218
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	98,403	146,600
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	99,599	145,980
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	100,863	145,310
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	102,132	144,652
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	103,334	144,071
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	104,508	143,522
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	105,738	143,053
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	107,083	142,809
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	108,554	142,746
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	110,061	142,789
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	111,468	142,853
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	112,826	142,964
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	114,163	143,205
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	115,471	143,510
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	116,757	146,094
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	118,017	146,410
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	117,444	146,678
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	118,799	146,846
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	120,289	146,834
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	121,872	146,768
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	123,260	146,463
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	124,462	145,849
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	125,247	146,693

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

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.