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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Oman	Tajikistan
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	6,110
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	6,229
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	6,339
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	6,452
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	6,567
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	6,688
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	6,814
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	6,943
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	7,076
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	7,211
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	7,348
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	7,485
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	7,624
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	7,765
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	7,905
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	8,045
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	8,185
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	8,322
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	8,458
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	8,593
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	8,727
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	8,860
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	8,990
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	9,177

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