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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	Sudan	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	26,168	152
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	26,771	153
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	27,387	154
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	28,017	155
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	28,662	156
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	29,321	157
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	29,996	157
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	30,686	158
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	31,393	159
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	32,137	160
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	33,078	160
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	33,891	161
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	34,568	162
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	35,293	162
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	36,093	163
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	37,058	163
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	38,165	164
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	39,294	164
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	40,512	165
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	41,764	166
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	42,952	166
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	44,121	167
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	45,290	167
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	46,498	167

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 Sudan, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.