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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Oman	Niger
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	10,424
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	10,785
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	11,170
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	11,580
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	12,015
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	12,472
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	12,954
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	13,459
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	13,986
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	14,532
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	15,092
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	15,669
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	16,263
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	16,903
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	17,569
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	18,242
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	18,957
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	19,708
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	20,462
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	21,228
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	22,023
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	22,842
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	23,691
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	24,587

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