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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	Yemen	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	16,728	387
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	17,236	390
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	17,762	393
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	18,310	396
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	18,855	398
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	19,410	401
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	20,000	404
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	20,611	405
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	21,236	406
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	21,878	409
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	22,533	412
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	23,195	414
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	23,880	416
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	24,594	420
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	25,311	426
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	26,020	435
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	26,698	445
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	27,347	455
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	27,985	468
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	28,608	485
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	29,216	504
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	29,811	516
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	30,399	518
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	31,058	530

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 Yemen, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.