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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Oman	Armenia
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	2,970
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	2,966
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	2,965
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	2,962
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	2,955
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	2,953
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	2,951
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	2,948
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	2,946
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	2,943
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	2,941
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	2,939
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	2,934
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	2,932
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	2,928
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	2,924
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	2,919
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	2,913
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	2,907
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	2,899
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	2,891
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	2,881
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	2,871

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, Armenia; the database as a whole is cited above.