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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	Romania	Oman	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	22,414	2,348	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	22,262	2,403	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	22,106	2,457	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	21,931	2,510	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	21,828	2,562	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	21,704	2,613	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	21,571	2,663	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	21,443	2,713	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	21,129	2,764	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	20,779	2,816	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	20,607	2,871	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	20,485	2,928	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	20,385	2,986	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	20,296	3,047	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	20,224	3,110	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	20,151	3,174	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	20,055	3,240	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	19,938	3,307	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	19,823	3,375	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	19,713	3,444	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	19,622	3,512	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	19,496	3,582	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	19,351	3,651	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	19,266	3,696	7,169

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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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