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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	Dominica	Bangladesh	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	132,907	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	135,207	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	137,420	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	139,573	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	141,650	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	143,644	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	145,546	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	147,376	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	149,047	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	150,562	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	152,189	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	153,927	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	155,634	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	157,326	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	158,999	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	160,650	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	162,273	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	163,938	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	165,655	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	167,358	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	169,045	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	170,709	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	172,354	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	174,217	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.

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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, Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.