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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Oman	Montenegro
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	623
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	623
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	623
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	622
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	621
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	621
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	621
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	620
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	620
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	621
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	622
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	623
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	622
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	622
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	622
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	621
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	620
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	618
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	616
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	614
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	613
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	612
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	611
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	610

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.

Montenegro

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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