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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Oman	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	39,252

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