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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	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	51,181	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	52,782	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	54,453	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	56,170	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	57,860	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	59,599	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	61,474	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	63,479	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	65,590	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	67,800	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	70,114	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	72,550	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	75,138	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	77,792	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	80,534	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	83,368	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	86,229	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	89,193	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	92,209	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	95,232	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	98,320	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	101,499	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	104,767	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	108,171	47,625

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

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.