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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	138	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	141	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	144	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	147	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	151	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	154	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	158	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	161	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	165	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	168	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	172	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	176	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	180	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	183	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	187	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	190	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	194	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	198	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	201	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	204	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	208	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	212	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	216	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	220	2,787

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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.