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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	Benin	Congo - Kinshasa	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	51,181	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	52,782	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	54,453	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	56,170	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	57,860	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	59,599	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	61,474	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	63,479	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	65,590	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	67,800	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	70,114	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	72,550	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	75,138	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	77,792	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	80,534	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	83,368	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	86,229	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	89,193	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	92,209	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	95,232	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	98,320	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	101,499	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	104,767	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	108,171	34,081

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

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 Benin, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.