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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	Dominica	Saudi Arabia	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	70	19,964	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	71	20,426	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	71	20,956	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	72	21,549	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	72	22,189	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	72	22,850	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	72	23,516	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	72	24,178	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	72	24,841	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	73	25,518	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	73	26,227	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	73	27,068	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	73	27,810	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	73	28,516	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	73	29,220	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	73	29,936	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	74	30,646	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	74	31,360	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	74	32,184	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	74	32,869	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	75	33,661	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	75	34,542	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	76	33,651	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	76	34,081	46,498

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