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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Tunisia	Oman	Nigeria
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	2,348	121,649
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	2,403	125,014
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	2,457	128,513
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	2,510	132,165
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	2,562	135,971
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	2,613	139,900
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	2,663	143,914
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	2,713	148,019
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	2,764	152,195
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	2,816	156,434
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	2,871	160,751
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	2,928	165,142
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	2,986	169,607
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	3,047	174,142
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	3,110	178,737
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	3,174	183,362
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	3,240	187,979
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	3,307	192,594
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	3,375	197,417
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	3,444	202,498
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	3,512	207,699
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	3,582	213,021
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	3,651	218,473
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	3,696	223,735

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 Tunisia, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.