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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 ZambiaOmanSaudi Arabia
10,3272,34819,964
10,6492,40320,426
10,9802,45720,956
11,2902,51021,549
11,5932,56222,189
11,9072,61322,850
12,2432,66323,516
12,6122,71324,178
13,0052,76424,841
13,4122,81625,518
13,8222,87126,227
14,2552,92827,068
14,7092,98627,810
15,1653,04728,516
15,6313,11029,220
16,1213,17429,936
16,6243,24030,646
17,1403,30731,360
17,6743,37532,184
18,2223,44432,869
18,7803,51233,661
19,3493,58234,542
19,9283,65133,651
20,4853,69634,081

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.

Saudi Arabia

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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