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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Nigeria	Oman	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	121,649	2,348	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	125,014	2,403	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	128,513	2,457	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	132,165	2,510	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	135,971	2,562	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	139,900	2,613	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	143,914	2,663	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	148,019	2,713	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	152,195	2,764	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	156,434	2,816	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	160,751	2,871	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	165,142	2,928	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	169,607	2,986	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	174,142	3,047	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	178,737	3,110	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	183,362	3,174	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	187,979	3,240	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	192,594	3,307	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	197,417	3,375	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	202,498	3,444	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	207,699	3,512	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	213,021	3,582	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	218,473	3,651	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	223,735	3,696	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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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 Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.