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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	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	2,048

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project