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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	Iceland	Congo - Kinshasa	Oman	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	2,348	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	2,403	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	2,457	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	2,510	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	2,562	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	2,613	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	2,663	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	2,713	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	2,764	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	2,816	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	2,871	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	2,928	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	2,986	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	3,047	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	3,110	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	3,174	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	3,240	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	3,307	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	3,375	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	3,444	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	3,512	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	3,582	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	3,651	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	3,696	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.

All data sources

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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