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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	Saudi Arabia	Albania	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	3,085	422
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	3,065	430
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	3,047	438
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	3,038	447
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	3,026	455
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	3,014	463
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	2,998	471
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	2,979	478
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	2,957	486
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	2,934	494
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	2,915	501
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	2,900	509
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	2,892	516
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	2,888	524
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	2,882	531
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	2,876	539
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	2,868	546
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	2,863	553
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	2,861	562
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	2,854	568
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	2,842	574
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	2,825	580
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	2,799	585
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	2,787	590

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, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.