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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 - KinshasaParaguay
19,96451,1815,366
20,42652,7825,473
20,95654,4535,579
21,54956,1705,683
22,18957,8605,786
22,85059,5995,886
23,51661,4745,984
24,17863,4796,080
24,84165,5906,173
25,51867,8006,264
26,22770,1146,352
27,06872,5506,438
27,81075,1386,522
28,51677,7926,605
29,22080,5346,688
29,93683,3686,769
30,64686,2296,850
31,36089,1936,930
32,18492,2097,012
32,86995,2327,095
33,66198,3207,179
34,542101,4997,263
33,651104,7677,348
34,081108,1717,432

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