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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Oman	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	2,059

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