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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Puerto Rico	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	3,800	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,811	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	3,819	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	3,824	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	3,826	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	3,827	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,822	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,805	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,783	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,761	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,741	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,722	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,679	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,636	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,589	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,534	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,473	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,411	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,352	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,295	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,268	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,247	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,232	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,228	21,889

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 Puerto Rico, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.