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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 ZambiaOmanCuba
10,3272,34811,108
10,6492,40311,147
10,9802,45711,179
11,2902,51011,210
11,5932,56211,241
11,9072,61311,260
12,2432,66311,268
12,6122,71311,266
13,0052,76411,261
13,4122,81611,258
13,8222,87111,260
14,2552,92811,262
14,7092,98611,264
15,1653,04711,262
15,6313,11011,250
16,1213,17411,238
16,6243,24011,214
17,1403,30711,180
17,6743,37511,147
18,2223,44411,116
18,7803,51211,105
19,3493,58211,089
19,9283,65111,046
20,4853,69611,003

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.

Cuba

  • 1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
  • 1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

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