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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	Denmark	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	5,322	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	5,339	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	5,358	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	5,377	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	5,391	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	5,404	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	5,420	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	5,438	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	5,461	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	5,494	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	5,524	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	5,548	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	5,571	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	5,592	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	5,614	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	5,644	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	5,683	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	5,730	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	5,766	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	5,795	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	5,818	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	5,831	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	5,855	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	5,907	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, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.