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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 ArabiaSeychellesCongo - Kinshasa
19,9647851,181
20,4267952,782
20,9568054,453
21,5498156,170
22,1898257,860
22,8508359,599
23,5168461,474
24,1788563,479
24,8418665,590
25,5188767,800
26,2278770,114
27,0688872,550
27,8108975,138
28,5169077,792
29,2209180,534
29,9369283,368
30,6469286,229
31,3609389,193
32,1849492,209
32,8699595,232
33,6619698,320
34,54297101,499
33,65198104,767
34,08198108,171

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 Seychelles, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.