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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	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	26,168	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	26,771	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	27,387	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	28,017	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	28,662	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	29,321	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	29,996	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	30,686	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	31,393	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	32,137	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	33,078	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	33,891	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	34,568	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	35,293	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	36,093	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	37,058	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	38,165	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	39,294	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	40,512	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	41,764	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	42,952	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	44,121	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	45,290	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	46,498	3,696

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, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.