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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Oman	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	4,713

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.

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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