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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Oman	Angola
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	11,334
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	11,676
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	12,030
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	12,443
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	12,936
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	13,480
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	14,012
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	14,535
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	15,084
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	15,658
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	16,260
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	16,885
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	17,525
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	18,202
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	18,908
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	19,624
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	20,354
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	21,098
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	21,859
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	22,638
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	23,437
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	24,253
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	25,089
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	25,878

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