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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Romania	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	22,414	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	22,262	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	22,106	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	21,931	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	21,828	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	21,704	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	21,571	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	21,443	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	21,129	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	20,779	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	20,607	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	20,485	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	20,385	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	20,296	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	20,224	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	20,151	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	20,055	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	19,938	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,823	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,713	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	19,622	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	19,496	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	19,351	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	19,266	63,382

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.

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490