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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Oman	Guinea-Bissau
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	1,183
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	1,208
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	1,233
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	1,260
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	1,288
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	1,317
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	1,348
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	1,379
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	1,412
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	1,446
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	1,481
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	1,516
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	1,551
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	1,587
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	1,624
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	1,663
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	1,703
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	1,745
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	1,789
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	1,833
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	1,877
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	1,920
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	1,963
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	2,005

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, Guinea-Bissau; the database as a whole is cited above.