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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Oman	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	627
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	659
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	691
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	724
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	757
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	850
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	2,559

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