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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Saudi Arabia	Oman	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	2,348	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	2,403	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	2,457	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	2,510	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	2,562	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	2,613	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	2,663	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	2,713	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	2,764	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	2,816	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	2,871	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	2,928	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	2,986	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	3,047	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	3,110	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	3,174	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	3,240	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	3,307	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	3,375	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	3,444	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	3,512	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	3,582	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	3,651	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	3,696	3,570

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