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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	Sudan	Saudi Arabia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	26,168	19,964	387
Dec 31, 2000	26,771	20,426	390
Dec 31, 2001	27,387	20,956	393
Dec 31, 2002	28,017	21,549	396
Dec 31, 2003	28,662	22,189	398
Dec 31, 2004	29,321	22,850	401
Dec 31, 2005	29,996	23,516	404
Dec 31, 2006	30,686	24,178	405
Dec 31, 2007	31,393	24,841	406
Dec 31, 2008	32,137	25,518	409
Dec 31, 2009	33,078	26,227	412
Dec 31, 2010	33,891	27,068	414
Dec 31, 2011	34,568	27,810	416
Dec 31, 2012	35,293	28,516	420
Dec 31, 2013	36,093	29,220	426
Dec 31, 2014	37,058	29,936	435
Dec 31, 2015	38,165	30,646	445
Dec 31, 2016	39,294	31,360	455
Dec 31, 2017	40,512	32,184	468
Dec 31, 2018	41,764	32,869	485
Dec 31, 2019	42,952	33,661	504
Dec 31, 2020	44,121	34,542	516
Dec 31, 2021	45,290	33,651	518
Dec 31, 2022	46,498	34,081	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 Sudan, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.