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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	Central African Republic	Oman	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	2,348	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	2,403	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	2,457	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	2,510	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	2,562	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	2,613	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	2,663	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	2,713	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	2,764	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	2,816	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	2,871	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	2,928	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	2,986	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	3,047	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	3,110	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	3,174	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	3,240	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	3,307	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	3,375	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	3,444	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	3,512	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	3,582	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	3,651	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	3,696	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 Central African Republic, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.