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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Saudi Arabia	Denmark	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	5,322	152
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	5,339	153
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	5,358	154
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	5,377	155
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	5,391	156
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	5,404	157
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	5,420	157
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	5,438	158
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	5,461	159
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	5,494	160
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	5,524	160
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	5,548	161
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	5,571	162
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	5,592	162
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	5,614	163
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	5,644	163
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	5,683	164
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	5,730	164
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	5,766	165
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	5,795	166
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	5,818	166
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	5,831	167
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	5,855	167
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	5,907	167

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 Denmark, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.