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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	Ghana	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	277	19,327	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	281	19,792	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	285	20,280	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	288	20,806	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	289	21,350	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	293	21,900	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	296	22,469	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	304	23,058	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	311	23,661	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	319	24,270	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	319	24,899	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	318	25,559	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	319	26,244	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	321	26,945	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	324	27,664	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	327	28,405	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	331	29,146	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	335	29,879	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	343	30,617	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	353	31,362	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	361	32,111	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	366	32,864	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	372	33,622	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	380	34,280	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.

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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

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.

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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