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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	Oman	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	277	19,964	2,348	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	281	20,426	2,403	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	285	20,956	2,457	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	288	21,549	2,510	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	289	22,189	2,562	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	293	22,850	2,613	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	296	23,516	2,663	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	304	24,178	2,713	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	311	24,841	2,764	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	319	25,518	2,816	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	319	26,227	2,871	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	318	27,068	2,928	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	319	27,810	2,986	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	321	28,516	3,047	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	324	29,220	3,110	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	327	29,936	3,174	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	331	30,646	3,240	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	335	31,360	3,307	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	343	32,184	3,375	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	353	32,869	3,444	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	361	33,661	3,512	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	366	34,542	3,582	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	372	33,651	3,651	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	380	34,081	3,696	6,291

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.