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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	Ghana	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,327	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,792	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,280	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,806	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,350	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,900	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	280	22,469	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,058	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,661	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,270	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,899	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	286	25,559	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	287	26,244	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	288	26,945	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,664	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,405	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,146	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,879	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	292	30,617	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,362	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	294	32,111	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,864	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,622	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,280	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.

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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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.