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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	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	387	19,964	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	390	20,426	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	393	20,956	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	396	21,549	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	398	22,189	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	401	22,850	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	404	23,516	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	405	24,178	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	406	24,841	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	409	25,518	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	412	26,227	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	414	27,068	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	416	27,810	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	420	28,516	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	426	29,220	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	435	29,936	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	445	30,646	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	455	31,360	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	468	32,184	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	485	32,869	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	504	33,661	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	516	34,542	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	518	33,651	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	530	34,081	108,171

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.