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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	Central African Republic	Saudi Arabia	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	19,964	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	20,426	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	20,956	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	21,549	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	22,189	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	22,850	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	23,516	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	24,178	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	24,841	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	25,518	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	26,227	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	27,068	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	27,810	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	28,516	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	29,220	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	29,936	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	30,646	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	31,360	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	32,184	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	32,869	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	33,661	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	34,542	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	33,651	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	34,081	2,559

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, Central African Republic, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.