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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Saudi Arabia	Congo - Kinshasa	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	51,181	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	52,782	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	54,453	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	56,170	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	57,860	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	59,599	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	61,474	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	63,479	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	65,590	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	67,800	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	70,114	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	72,550	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	75,138	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	77,792	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	80,534	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	83,368	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	86,229	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	89,193	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	92,209	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	95,232	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	98,320	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	101,499	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	104,767	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	108,171	39,252

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.