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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	Cameroon	Congo - Kinshasa	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	51,181	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	52,782	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	54,453	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	56,170	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	57,860	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	59,599	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	61,474	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	63,479	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	65,590	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	67,800	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	70,114	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	72,550	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	75,138	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	77,792	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	80,534	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	83,368	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	86,229	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	89,193	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	92,209	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	95,232	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	98,320	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	101,499	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	104,767	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	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 Cameroon, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.