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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Oman	Gambia
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	1,320
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	1,357
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	1,393
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	1,431
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	1,469
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	1,508
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	1,548
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	1,589
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	1,630
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	1,671
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	1,713
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	1,755
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	1,798
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	1,840
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	1,883
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	1,926
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	1,968
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	2,010
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	2,051
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	2,093
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	2,147
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	2,203
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	2,260
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	2,316

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