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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 ArabiaCongo - KinshasaLuxembourg
19,96451,181433
20,42652,782438
20,95654,453443
21,54956,170448
22,18957,860454
22,85059,599460
23,51661,474467
24,17863,479474
24,84165,590482
25,51867,800491
26,22770,114500
27,06872,550509
27,81075,138521
28,51677,792533
29,22080,534547
29,93683,368560
30,64686,229571
31,36089,193586
32,18492,209599
32,86995,232610
33,66198,320623
34,542101,499633
33,651104,767643
34,081108,171651

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, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.