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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	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	387
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	390
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	393
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	396
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	398
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	401
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	404
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	405
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	406
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	409
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	412
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	414
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	416
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	420
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	426
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	435
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	445
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	455
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	468
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	485
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	504
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	516
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	518
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	530

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