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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 Dominican RepublicSaudi ArabiaSeychelles
8,17519,96478
8,30120,42679
8,42720,95680
8,55321,54981
8,67822,18982
8,80122,85083
8,92423,51684
9,04424,17885
9,16424,84186
9,28125,51887
9,39826,22787
9,51227,06888
9,62727,81089
9,74228,51690
9,85529,22091
9,96529,93692
10,07230,64692
10,17731,36093
10,28132,18494
10,38532,86995
10,48733,66196
10,58734,54297
10,68633,65198
10,79334,08198

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 Dominican Republic, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.