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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	Oman	Saudi Arabia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,348	19,964	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,403	20,426	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,457	20,956	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,510	21,549	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,562	22,189	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,613	22,850	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,663	23,516	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,713	24,178	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,764	24,841	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,816	25,518	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,871	26,227	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,928	27,068	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,986	27,810	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,047	28,516	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,110	29,220	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,174	29,936	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,240	30,646	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,307	31,360	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,375	32,184	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,444	32,869	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,512	33,661	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,582	34,542	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,651	33,651	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,696	34,081	530

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 Oman, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.