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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 FasoChile
19,96411,07515,140
20,42611,40515,340
20,95611,82815,513
21,54912,38015,686
22,18912,82915,859
22,85013,17816,029
23,51613,54016,222
24,17813,91716,364
24,84114,30916,536
25,51814,72216,700
26,22715,15216,864
27,06815,60016,999
27,81016,06417,189
28,51616,56317,378
29,22017,07217,545
29,93617,57517,720
30,64618,09417,904
31,36018,62118,099
32,18419,15718,350
32,86919,69818,681
33,66120,24219,035
34,54220,78819,385
33,65121,33619,604
34,08121,88919,715

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

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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