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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Paraguay	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	5,366	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	5,473	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	5,579	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	5,683	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	5,786	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	5,886	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	5,984	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	6,080	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	6,173	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	6,264	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	6,352	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	6,438	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	6,522	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	6,605	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	6,688	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	6,769	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	6,850	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	6,930	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	7,012	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	7,095	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	7,179	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	7,263	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	7,348	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	7,432	56,210

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.

Myanmar (Burma)

1901-1938: "Trends of Economic Growth and Income Distribution in Burma 1870-1940", Journal of the Burma Research Society, 1964, p. 144
1938-1950: E.E. Hagen, On the Theory of Social Change, Dorsey, Homewood, Illinois, 1962, Table 18-1,

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