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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	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	28,237

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 Madagascar; the database as a whole is cited above.