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