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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	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	3,876

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project