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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 ArabiaOman
7019,9642,348
7120,4262,403
7120,9562,457
7221,5492,510
7222,1892,562
7222,8502,613
7223,5162,663
7224,1782,713
7224,8412,764
7325,5182,816
7326,2272,871
7327,0682,928
7327,8102,986
7328,5163,047
7329,2203,110
7329,9363,174
7430,6463,240
7431,3603,307
7432,1843,375
7432,8693,444
7533,6613,512
7534,5423,582
7633,6513,651
7634,0813,696

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, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.