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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ZambiaOmanChile
10,3272,34815,140
10,6492,40315,340
10,9802,45715,513
11,2902,51015,686
11,5932,56215,859
11,9072,61316,029
12,2432,66316,222
12,6122,71316,364
13,0052,76416,536
13,4122,81616,700
13,8222,87116,864
14,2552,92816,999
14,7092,98617,189
15,1653,04717,378
15,6313,11017,545
16,1213,17417,720
16,6243,24017,904
17,1403,30718,099
17,6743,37518,350
18,2223,44418,681
18,7803,51219,035
19,3493,58219,385
19,9283,65119,604
20,4853,69619,715

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.

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

No separate list is published for Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.