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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 ZambiaOmanVenezuela
10,3272,34823,188
10,6492,40323,601
10,9802,45724,011
11,2902,51024,425
11,5932,56224,841
11,9072,61325,255
12,2432,66325,667
12,6122,71326,079
13,0052,76426,589
13,4122,81627,098
13,8222,87127,510
14,2552,92827,920
14,7092,98628,327
15,1653,04728,722
15,6313,11029,111
16,1213,17429,418
16,6243,24029,693
17,1403,30729,961
17,6743,37529,856
18,2223,44428,858
18,7803,51227,921
19,3493,58227,871
19,9283,65128,316
20,4853,69628,418

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.

Venezuela

  • 1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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