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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 ArabiaOmanGhana
19,9642,34819,327
20,4262,40319,792
20,9562,45720,280
21,5492,51020,806
22,1892,56221,350
22,8502,61321,900
23,5162,66322,469
24,1782,71323,058
24,8412,76423,661
25,5182,81624,270
26,2272,87124,899
27,0682,92825,559
27,8102,98626,244
28,5163,04726,945
29,2203,11027,664
29,9363,17428,405
30,6463,24029,146
31,3603,30729,879
32,1843,37530,617
32,8693,44431,362
33,6613,51232,111
34,5423,58232,864
33,6513,65133,622
34,0813,69634,280

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

Ghana

  • 1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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