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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Nigeria	Oman	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	121,649	2,348	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	125,014	2,403	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	128,513	2,457	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	132,165	2,510	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	135,971	2,562	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	139,900	2,613	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	143,914	2,663	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	148,019	2,713	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	152,195	2,764	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	156,434	2,816	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	160,751	2,871	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	165,142	2,928	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	169,607	2,986	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	174,142	3,047	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	178,737	3,110	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	183,362	3,174	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	187,979	3,240	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	192,594	3,307	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	197,417	3,375	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	202,498	3,444	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	207,699	3,512	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	213,021	3,582	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	218,473	3,651	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	223,735	3,696	16,514

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.

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