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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	Barbados	Afghanistan	Romania	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,206	22,414	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,461	22,262	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,507	22,106	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,600	21,931	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,005	21,828	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,698	21,704	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,335	21,571	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	281	27,154	21,443	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,387	21,129	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,706	20,779	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	285	28,484	20,607	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	286	29,121	20,485	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	287	29,758	20,385	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	288	30,420	20,296	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	289	31,108	20,224	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	290	31,823	20,151	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	291	32,564	20,055	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	291	33,332	19,938	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	292	34,125	19,823	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	293	34,941	19,713	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	294	35,972	19,622	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	294	37,034	19,496	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,127	19,351	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	39,252	19,266	34,081

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.

All data sources

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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 Barbados, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.