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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Saudi Arabia	Oman	Serbia
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	2,348	7,611
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	2,403	7,587
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	2,457	7,574
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	2,510	7,570
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	2,562	7,551
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	2,613	7,533
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	2,663	7,510
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	2,713	7,481
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	2,764	7,451
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	2,816	7,419
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	2,871	7,389
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	2,928	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	2,986	7,304
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	3,047	7,269
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	3,110	7,234
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	3,174	7,199
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	3,240	7,162
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	3,307	7,124
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	3,375	7,087
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	3,444	7,048
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	3,512	7,010
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	3,582	6,964
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	3,651	6,898
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	3,696	6,833

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

Serbia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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