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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	Central African Republic	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	3,889	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	3,980	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	4,054	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	4,128	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	4,215	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	4,289	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	4,363	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	4,449	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	4,544	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	4,641	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	4,742	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	4,845	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	4,950	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	5,057	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	5,167	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	5,278	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	5,392	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	5,507	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	5,625	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	5,745	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	5,874	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	6,025	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	6,154	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	6,291	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

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