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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Oman	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	47,625

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.

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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