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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 ArabiaOmanFinland
19,9642,3485,166
20,4262,4035,176
20,9562,4575,188
21,5492,5105,201
22,1892,5625,213
22,8502,6135,228
23,5162,6635,246
24,1782,7135,266
24,8412,7645,289
25,5182,8165,313
26,2272,8715,339
27,0682,9285,363
27,8102,9865,388
28,5163,0475,414
29,2203,1105,439
29,9363,1745,463
30,6463,2405,481
31,3603,3075,495
32,1843,3755,508
32,8693,4445,516
33,6613,5125,522
34,5423,5825,531
33,6513,6515,542
34,0813,6965,556

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

Finland

  • 1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
  • 1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

No separate list is published for Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.