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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	Iceland	Libya	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	4,993	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	5,116	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	5,237	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	5,357	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	5,476	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	5,595	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	5,715	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	5,835	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	5,967	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	6,115	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	6,270	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	6,432	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	6,144	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	5,849	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	6,010	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	6,163	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	6,291	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	6,415	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	6,549	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	6,689	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	6,826	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	6,960	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	7,088	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	7,169	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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, Libya; the database as a whole is cited above.