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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	Germany	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	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.

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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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.