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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 ArabiaBurkina FasoBosnia & Herzegovina
19,96411,0753,811
20,42611,4053,901
20,95611,8283,919
21,54912,3803,923
22,18912,8293,940
22,85013,1783,975
23,51613,5403,991
24,17813,9173,993
24,84114,3093,990
25,51814,7223,987
26,22715,1523,985
27,06815,6003,983
27,81016,0643,980
28,51616,5633,977
29,22017,0723,973
29,93617,5753,968
30,64618,0943,963
31,36018,6213,957
32,18419,1573,951
32,86919,6983,944
33,66120,2423,937
34,54220,7883,929
33,65121,3363,921
34,08121,8893,876

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

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.