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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Saudi ArabiaAlbaniaCongo - Kinshasa
19,9643,08551,181
20,4263,06552,782
20,9563,04754,453
21,5493,03856,170
22,1893,02657,860
22,8503,01459,599
23,5162,99861,474
24,1782,97963,479
24,8412,95765,590
25,5182,93467,800
26,2272,91570,114
27,0682,90072,550
27,8102,89275,138
28,5162,88877,792
29,2202,88280,534
29,9362,87683,368
30,6462,86886,229
31,3602,86389,193
32,1842,86192,209
32,8692,85495,232
33,6612,84298,320
34,5422,825101,499
33,6512,799104,767
34,0812,787108,171

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