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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ZambiaOmanNew Zealand
10,3272,3483,890
10,6492,4033,912
10,9802,4573,947
11,2902,5104,018
11,5932,5624,094
11,9072,6134,151
12,2432,6634,198
12,6122,7134,248
13,0052,7644,287
13,4122,8164,323
13,8222,8714,370
14,2552,9284,416
14,7092,9864,446
15,1653,0474,471
15,6313,1104,516
16,1213,1744,597
16,6243,2404,695
17,1403,3074,800
17,6743,3754,897
18,2223,4444,982
18,7803,5125,074
19,3493,5825,159
19,9283,6515,188
20,4853,6965,245

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.

New Zealand

  • 1870-1939: K. Rankin, "New Zealand's Gross National Product: 1859-1939, Review of Income and Wealth, March 1992, pp. 60-1., 1870 amended to include indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita)
  • 1939-50: C. Clark, The Conditions of Economic Progress, third edition, Macmillan, London, 1957, pp. 171-2

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