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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	Luxembourg	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	433	387
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	438	390
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	443	393
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	448	396
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	454	398
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	460	401
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	467	404
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	474	405
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	482	406
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	491	409
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	500	412
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	509	414
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	521	416
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	533	420
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	547	426
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	560	435
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	571	445
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	586	455
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	599	468
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	610	485
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	623	504
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	633	516
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	643	518
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	651	530

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