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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	3,085	138
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	3,065	141
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	3,047	144
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	3,038	147
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	3,026	151
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	3,014	154
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	2,998	158
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	2,979	161
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	2,957	165
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	2,934	168
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	2,915	172
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	2,900	176
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	2,892	180
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	2,888	183
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	2,882	187
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	2,876	190
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	2,868	194
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	2,863	198
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	2,861	201
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	2,854	204
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	2,842	208
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	2,825	212
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	2,799	216
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	2,787	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.