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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 - KinshasaPuerto Rico
19,96451,1813,800
20,42652,7823,811
20,95654,4533,819
21,54956,1703,824
22,18957,8603,826
22,85059,5993,827
23,51661,4743,822
24,17863,4793,805
24,84165,5903,783
25,51867,8003,761
26,22770,1143,741
27,06872,5503,722
27,81075,1383,679
28,51677,7923,636
29,22080,5343,589
29,93683,3683,534
30,64686,2293,473
31,36089,1933,411
32,18492,2093,352
32,86995,2323,295
33,66198,3203,268
34,542101,4993,247
33,651104,7673,232
34,081108,1713,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.