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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Hungary	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,244	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,218	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,194	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	288	10,165	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	289	10,136	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	293	10,114	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	296	10,094	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	304	10,078	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	311	10,062	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	319	10,045	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	319	10,029	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	318	10,007	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	319	9,978	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	321	9,927	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	324	9,900	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	327	9,873	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	331	9,850	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	335	9,821	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	343	9,794	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	353	9,782	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	361	9,778	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	366	9,757	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	372	9,716	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	380	9,690	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.

Hungary

1870-1913: L. Katus, "Economic Growth in Hungary during the Age of Dualism (1867-1913)" in E. Pemlenyi, ed., Social Economic Research in the History of East Central Europe, Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, 1970, p.108 and J. Komlos, The Habsburg Monarchy as a Customs Union, Princeton, 1983, pp. 291-3
1900-42: A. Eckstein, "National Income and Capital Formation in Hungary, 1900-50", in S. Kuznets, ed., Income and Wealth, series V GNP index, Bowes and Bowes, London, 1955, p. 175
1938-50: from L. Czirjak, "Hungarian GNP by Sectors of Origin of Product and End Uses, 1938 and 1946-67", Occasional Paper 43, Research Project on East Central Europe, New York, 1973.

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