Population, Historical (Maddison): Saudi Arabia

## What this measures

The mid-year population of Saudi Arabia from the Maddison Project Database 2023.

## Why it matters

Population is half of any economy's size, and the long record shows when each region broke out of slow pre-industrial growth.

## How to read it

People, mid-year. Each point is a calendar year, dated December 31. Early years are benchmark estimates with gaps between them. Borders are today's.

## What it does not say

Pre-modern populations are estimates with wide uncertainty. For recent decades the UN World Population Prospects series (pop.wpp.population.*) is the better source.

## Source

Maddison Project Database 2023 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre, University of Groningen). Cite as: Bolt, Jutta and Jan Luiten van Zanden (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. Licence: Maddison Project Database, version 2023 by Jutta Bolt and Jan Luiten van Zanden, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). https://www.rug.nl/ggdc/historicaldevelopment/maddison/releases/maddison-project-database-2023 The database asks that all original papers be cited when its data is shown in graphical form. The original sources for Saudi Arabia, as the database lists them: Sources added since MPD 2013: - 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 - GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics This is a one-off release; Palanor will load the next version when the Maddison Project publishes one.