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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	Nepal	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	23,087	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	23,487	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	23,887	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	24,273	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	24,645	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	24,989	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	25,255	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	25,484	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	25,732	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	25,998	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	26,298	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	26,664	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	27,081	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	27,505	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	27,917	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	28,311	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	28,678	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	29,034	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	29,384	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	29,718	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	30,057	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	30,595	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	31,311	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	31,845	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, Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.