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	Congo - Kinshasa	Saudi Arabia	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	19,964	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	20,426	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	20,956	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	21,549	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	22,189	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	22,850	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	23,516	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	24,178	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	24,841	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	25,518	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	26,227	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	27,068	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	27,810	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	28,516	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	29,220	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	29,936	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	30,646	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	31,360	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	32,184	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	32,869	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	33,661	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	34,542	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	33,651	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	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, Congo - Kinshasa, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.