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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 ArabiaOmanNigeria
19,9642,348121,649
20,4262,403125,014
20,9562,457128,513
21,5492,510132,165
22,1892,562135,971
22,8502,613139,900
23,5162,663143,914
24,1782,713148,019
24,8412,764152,195
25,5182,816156,434
26,2272,871160,751
27,0682,928165,142
27,8102,986169,607
28,5163,047174,142
29,2203,110178,737
29,9363,174183,362
30,6463,240187,979
31,3603,307192,594
32,1843,375197,417
32,8693,444202,498
33,6613,512207,699
34,5423,582213,021
33,6513,651218,473
34,0813,696223,735

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

Nigeria

  • 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.