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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	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	3,085	78
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	3,065	79
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	3,047	80
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	3,038	81
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	3,026	82
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	3,014	83
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	2,998	84
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	2,979	85
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	2,957	86
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	2,934	87
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	2,915	87
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	2,900	88
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	2,892	89
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	2,888	90
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	2,882	91
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	2,876	92
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	2,868	92
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	2,863	93
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	2,861	94
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	2,854	95
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	2,842	96
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	2,825	97
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	2,799	98
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	2,787	98

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, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.