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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Saudi ArabiaOmanCongo - Kinshasa
19,9642,34851,181
20,4262,40352,782
20,9562,45754,453
21,5492,51056,170
22,1892,56257,860
22,8502,61359,599
23,5162,66361,474
24,1782,71363,479
24,8412,76465,590
25,5182,81667,800
26,2272,87170,114
27,0682,92872,550
27,8102,98675,138
28,5163,04777,792
29,2203,11080,534
29,9363,17483,368
30,6463,24086,229
31,3603,30789,193
32,1843,37592,209
32,8693,44495,232
33,6613,51298,320
34,5423,582101,499
33,6513,651104,767
34,0813,696108,171

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