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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 DominicaSaudi ArabiaMali
7019,96410,596
7120,42610,833
7120,95610,890
7221,54911,007
7222,18911,307
7222,85011,579
7223,51611,804
7224,17812,043
7224,84112,337
7325,51812,657
7326,22712,986
7327,06813,325
7327,81013,679
7328,51614,040
7329,22014,412
7329,93614,803
7430,64615,210
7431,36015,629
7432,18416,060
7432,86916,507
7533,66116,967
7534,54217,442
7633,65117,930
7634,08118,494

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 Dominica, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.