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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	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	387	19,964	627
Dec 31, 2000	390	20,426	659
Dec 31, 2001	393	20,956	691
Dec 31, 2002	396	21,549	724
Dec 31, 2003	398	22,189	757
Dec 31, 2004	401	22,850	850
Dec 31, 2005	404	23,516	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	405	24,178	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	406	24,841	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	409	25,518	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	412	26,227	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	414	27,068	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	416	27,810	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	420	28,516	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	426	29,220	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	435	29,936	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	445	30,646	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	455	31,360	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	468	32,184	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	485	32,869	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	504	33,661	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	516	34,542	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	518	33,651	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	530	34,081	2,559

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.