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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 ArabiaParaguayBosnia & Herzegovina
19,9645,3663,811
20,4265,4733,901
20,9565,5793,919
21,5495,6833,923
22,1895,7863,940
22,8505,8863,975
23,5165,9843,991
24,1786,0803,993
24,8416,1733,990
25,5186,2643,987
26,2276,3523,985
27,0686,4383,983
27,8106,5223,980
28,5166,6053,977
29,2206,6883,973
29,9366,7693,968
30,6466,8503,963
31,3606,9303,957
32,1847,0123,951
32,8697,0953,944
33,6617,1793,937
34,5427,2633,929
33,6517,3483,921
34,0817,4323,876

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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