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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Oman	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	2,748

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