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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ZambiaOmanCongo - Kinshasa
10,3272,34851,181
10,6492,40352,782
10,9802,45754,453
11,2902,51056,170
11,5932,56257,860
11,9072,61359,599
12,2432,66361,474
12,6122,71363,479
13,0052,76465,590
13,4122,81667,800
13,8222,87170,114
14,2552,92872,550
14,7092,98675,138
15,1653,04777,792
15,6313,11080,534
16,1213,17483,368
16,6243,24086,229
17,1403,30789,193
17,6743,37592,209
18,2223,44495,232
18,7803,51298,320
19,3493,582101,499
19,9283,651104,767
20,4853,696108,171

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.