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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Oman	Israel
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	5,927
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	6,088
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	6,236
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	6,366
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	6,484
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	6,603
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	6,723
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	6,846
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	6,972
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	7,100
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	7,226
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	7,498
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	7,637
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	7,781
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	7,931
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	8,091
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	8,251
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	8,412
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	8,576
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	8,742
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	8,899
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	9,047
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	9,188

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.

Israel

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

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