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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Trinidad & Tobago	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	1,301	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	1,303	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	1,308	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	1,314	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	1,320	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	1,326	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	1,332	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	1,338	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	1,344	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	1,352	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	1,359	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	1,365	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	1,372	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	1,379	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	1,386	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	1,392	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	1,399	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	1,405	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	1,411	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	1,436	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	1,452	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	1,448	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	1,450	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	1,456	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 Trinidad & Tobago, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.