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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	Oman	Cyprus
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	2,348	818
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	2,403	826
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	2,457	835
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	2,510	845
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	2,562	855
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	2,613	867
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	2,663	879
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	2,713	894
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	2,764	913
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	2,816	937
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	2,871	962
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	2,928	988
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	2,986	1,013
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	3,047	1,029
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	3,110	1,026
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	3,174	1,015
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	3,240	1,009
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	3,307	1,014
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	3,375	1,023
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	3,444	1,036
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	3,512	1,050
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	3,582	1,062
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	3,651	1,072
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	3,696	1,087

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, Cyprus; the database as a whole is cited above.