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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	Malta	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	387	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	390	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	393	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	396	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	398	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	401	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	404	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	405	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	406	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	409	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	412	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	414	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	416	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	420	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	426	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	435	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	445	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	455	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	468	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	485	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	504	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	516	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	518	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	530	108,171

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 Malta, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.