Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Albania	Saudi Arabia	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	19,964	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	20,426	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	20,956	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	21,549	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	22,189	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	22,850	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	23,516	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	24,178	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	24,841	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	25,518	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	26,227	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	27,068	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	27,810	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	28,516	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	29,220	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	29,936	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	30,646	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	31,360	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	32,184	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	32,869	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	33,661	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	34,542	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	33,651	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	34,081	167

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

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, Albania, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.