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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Oman	Botswana
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	1,630
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	1,665
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	1,698
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	1,730
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	1,761
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	1,792
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	1,824
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	1,857
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	1,890
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	1,923
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	1,956
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	1,990
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	2,023
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	2,057
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	2,091
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	2,125
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	2,159
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	2,194
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	2,228
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	2,262
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	2,297
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	2,331
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	2,365
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	2,403

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