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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	Tanzania	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	277	32,912	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	281	33,953	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	285	34,974	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	288	36,021	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	289	37,100	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	293	38,167	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	296	39,262	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	304	40,387	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	311	41,557	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	319	42,741	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	319	43,889	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	318	45,132	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	319	46,531	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	321	47,965	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	324	49,437	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	327	50,965	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	331	52,604	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	335	54,336	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	343	56,062	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	353	57,765	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	361	59,465	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	366	61,191	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	372	62,944	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	380	64,835	34,081

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 Tanzania; the database as a whole is cited above.