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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	Yemen	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	387	16,728	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	390	17,236	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	393	17,762	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	396	18,310	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	398	18,855	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	401	19,410	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	404	20,000	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	405	20,611	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	406	21,236	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	409	21,878	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	412	22,533	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	414	23,195	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	416	23,880	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	420	24,594	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	426	25,311	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	435	26,020	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	445	26,698	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	455	27,347	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	468	27,985	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	485	28,608	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	504	29,216	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	516	29,811	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	518	30,399	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	530	31,058	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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.