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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	Madagascar	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	277	15,259	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	281	15,707	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	285	16,162	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	288	16,631	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	289	17,114	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	293	17,610	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	296	18,120	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	304	18,641	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	311	19,173	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	319	19,717	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	319	20,272	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	318	20,837	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	319	21,413	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	321	21,999	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	324	22,593	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	327	23,196	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	331	23,806	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	335	24,423	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	343	25,044	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	353	25,671	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	361	26,302	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	366	26,936	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	372	27,573	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	380	28,237	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.

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 Madagascar; the database as a whole is cited above.