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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	Saudi Arabia	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	387	19,964	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	390	20,426	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	393	20,956	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	396	21,549	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	398	22,189	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	401	22,850	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	404	23,516	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	405	24,178	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	406	24,841	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	409	25,518	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	412	26,227	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	414	27,068	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	416	27,810	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	420	28,516	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	426	29,220	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	435	29,936	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	445	30,646	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	455	31,360	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	468	32,184	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	485	32,869	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	504	33,661	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	516	34,542	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	518	33,651	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	530	34,081	10,099

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, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.