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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	Sudan	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	26,168	433
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	26,771	438
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	27,387	443
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	28,017	448
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	28,662	454
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	29,321	460
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	29,996	467
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	30,686	474
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	31,393	482
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	32,137	491
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	33,078	500
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	33,891	509
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	34,568	521
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	35,293	533
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	36,093	547
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	37,058	560
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	38,165	571
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	39,294	586
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	40,512	599
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	41,764	610
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	42,952	623
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	44,121	633
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	45,290	643
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	46,498	651

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.

All data sources

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, Sudan, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.