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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	Spain	Burkina Faso	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	273	40,378	11,075	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	274	40,563	11,405	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	275	40,775	11,828	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	276	41,433	12,380	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	278	42,205	12,829	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	279	42,869	13,178	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	280	43,672	13,540	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	281	44,370	13,917	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	282	45,246	14,309	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	283	45,993	14,722	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	285	46,378	15,152	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	286	46,573	15,600	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,746	16,064	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	288	46,777	16,563	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	289	46,603	17,072	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,465	17,575	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,420	18,094	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,460	18,621	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	292	46,543	19,157	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	293	46,739	19,698	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	294	47,116	20,242	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	294	47,366	20,788	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	295	47,342	21,336	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	47,625	21,889	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

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.