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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	United States	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	279,040	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	282,162	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	284,969	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	287,625	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	290,108	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	292,805	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	295,517	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	298,380	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	301,231	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	304,094	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	306,772	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	309,327	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	311,583	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	313,878	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	316,060	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	318,386	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	320,739	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	323,072	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	325,122	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	326,838	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	328,330	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	331,512	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	332,032	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	333,288	217,718

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.

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;