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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Saudi Arabia	Oman	Niger
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	2,348	10,424
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	2,403	10,785
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	2,457	11,170
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	2,510	11,580
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	2,562	12,015
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	2,613	12,472
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	2,663	12,954
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	2,713	13,459
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	2,764	13,986
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	2,816	14,532
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	2,871	15,092
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	2,928	15,669
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	2,986	16,263
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	3,047	16,903
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	3,110	17,569
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	3,174	18,242
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	3,240	18,957
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	3,307	19,708
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	3,375	20,462
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	3,444	21,228
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	3,512	22,023
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	3,582	22,842
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	3,651	23,691
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	3,696	24,587

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