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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosDominicaSaudi Arabia
2737019,964
2747120,426
2757120,956
2767221,549
2787222,189
2797222,850
2807223,516
2817224,178
2827224,841
2837325,518
2857326,227
2867327,068
2877327,810
2887328,516
2897329,220
2907329,936
2917430,646
2917431,360
2927432,184
2937432,869
2947533,661
2947534,542
2957633,651
2957634,081

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

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.