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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	Tunisia	Saudi Arabia	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	19,964	138
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	20,426	141
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	20,956	144
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	21,549	147
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	22,189	151
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	22,850	154
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	23,516	158
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	24,178	161
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	24,841	165
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	25,518	168
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	26,227	172
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	27,068	176
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	27,810	180
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	28,516	183
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	29,220	187
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	29,936	190
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	30,646	194
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	31,360	198
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	32,184	201
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	32,869	204
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	33,661	208
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	34,542	212
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	33,651	216
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	34,081	220

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