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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	Saudi Arabia	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	277	19,964	531
Dec 31, 2000	281	20,426	545
Dec 31, 2001	285	20,956	559
Dec 31, 2002	288	21,549	574
Dec 31, 2003	289	22,189	590
Dec 31, 2004	293	22,850	606
Dec 31, 2005	296	23,516	623
Dec 31, 2006	304	24,178	640
Dec 31, 2007	311	24,841	657
Dec 31, 2008	319	25,518	674
Dec 31, 2009	319	26,227	690
Dec 31, 2010	318	27,068	706
Dec 31, 2011	319	27,810	722
Dec 31, 2012	321	28,516	737
Dec 31, 2013	324	29,220	752
Dec 31, 2014	327	29,936	767
Dec 31, 2015	331	30,646	781
Dec 31, 2016	335	31,360	795
Dec 31, 2017	343	32,184	808
Dec 31, 2018	353	32,869	821
Dec 31, 2019	361	33,661	837
Dec 31, 2020	366	34,542	853
Dec 31, 2021	372	33,651	869
Dec 31, 2022	380	34,081	885

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 Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.