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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 - KinshasaOman
19,96451,1812,348
20,42652,7822,403
20,95654,4532,457
21,54956,1702,510
22,18957,8602,562
22,85059,5992,613
23,51661,4742,663
24,17863,4792,713
24,84165,5902,764
25,51867,8002,816
26,22770,1142,871
27,06872,5502,928
27,81075,1382,986
28,51677,7923,047
29,22080,5343,110
29,93683,3683,174
30,64686,2293,240
31,36089,1933,307
32,18492,2093,375
32,86995,2323,444
33,66198,3203,512
34,542101,4993,582
33,651104,7673,651
34,081108,1713,696

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