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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	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	277	19,964	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	281	20,426	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	285	20,956	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	288	21,549	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	289	22,189	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	293	22,850	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	296	23,516	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	304	24,178	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	311	24,841	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	319	25,518	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	319	26,227	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	318	27,068	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	319	27,810	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	321	28,516	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	324	29,220	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	327	29,936	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	331	30,646	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	335	31,360	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	343	32,184	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	353	32,869	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	361	33,661	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	366	34,542	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	372	33,651	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	380	34,081	63,382

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

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490