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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Romania	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	22,414	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	22,262	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	22,106	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	21,931	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	21,828	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	21,704	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	21,571	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	21,443	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	21,129	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	20,779	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	20,607	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	20,485	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	20,385	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	20,296	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	20,224	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	20,151	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	20,055	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	19,938	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,823	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,713	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	19,622	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	19,496	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	19,351	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	19,266	17,709

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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.