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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 ArabiaOmanSouth Africa
19,9642,34846,257
20,4262,40346,958
20,9562,45747,820
21,5492,51048,480
22,1892,56248,951
22,8502,61349,478
23,5162,66350,054
24,1782,71350,667
24,8412,76451,339
25,5182,81652,077
26,2272,87152,862
27,0682,92853,682
27,8102,98654,518
28,5163,04755,356
29,2203,11056,215
29,9363,17457,075
30,6463,24057,947
31,3603,30758,830
32,1843,37559,715
32,8693,44460,595
33,6613,51261,469
34,5423,58262,355
33,6513,65162,900
34,0813,69663,382

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

South Africa

  • 1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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