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	Burkina Faso	Saudi Arabia	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	19,964	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	20,426	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	20,956	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	21,549	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	22,189	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	22,850	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	23,516	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	24,178	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	24,841	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	25,518	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	26,227	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	27,068	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	27,810	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	28,516	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	29,220	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	29,936	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	30,646	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	31,360	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	32,184	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	32,869	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	33,661	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	34,542	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	33,651	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	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.

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