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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	Malta	Qatar	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	387	627	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	390	659	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	393	691	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	396	724	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	398	757	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	401	850	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	404	1,001	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	405	1,153	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	406	1,306	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	409	1,460	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	412	1,615	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	414	1,770	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	416	1,904	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	420	2,010	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	426	2,103	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	435	2,187	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	445	2,261	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	455	2,326	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	468	2,384	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	485	2,435	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	504	2,480	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	516	2,519	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	518	2,553	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	530	2,559	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

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 Malta, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.