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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Nigeria	Ecuador	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	121,649	12,268	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	125,014	12,446	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	128,513	12,629	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	132,165	12,827	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	135,971	13,074	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	139,900	13,368	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	143,914	13,661	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	148,019	13,915	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	152,195	14,133	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	156,434	14,352	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	160,751	14,569	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	165,142	14,786	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	169,607	15,002	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	174,142	15,218	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	178,737	15,433	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	183,362	15,647	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	187,979	15,860	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	192,594	16,072	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	197,417	16,282	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	202,498	16,489	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	207,699	16,693	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	213,021	16,894	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	218,473	17,093	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	223,735	17,288	3,696

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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

Ecuador

1833-1938: 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). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

No separate list is published for Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.