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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	Djibouti
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	2,348	646
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	2,403	669
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	2,457	693
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	2,510	716
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	2,562	691
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	2,613	657
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	2,663	666
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	2,713	679
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	2,764	694
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	2,816	709
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	2,871	725
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	2,928	741
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	2,986	757
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	3,047	774
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	3,110	792
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	3,174	810
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	3,240	828
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	3,307	847
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	3,375	865
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	3,444	884
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	3,512	898
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	3,582	912
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	3,651	924
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	3,696	937

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