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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 FasoComoros
19,96411,075531
20,42611,405545
20,95611,828559
21,54912,380574
22,18912,829590
22,85013,178606
23,51613,540623
24,17813,917640
24,84114,309657
25,51814,722674
26,22715,152690
27,06815,600706
27,81016,064722
28,51616,563737
29,22017,072752
29,93617,575767
30,64618,094781
31,36018,621795
32,18419,157808
32,86919,698821
33,66120,242837
34,54220,788853
33,65121,336869
34,08121,889885

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 Burkina Faso, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.