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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	19,512

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 Senegal; the database as a whole is cited above.