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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	Saudi Arabia	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	19,964	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	20,426	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	20,956	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	21,549	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	22,189	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	22,850	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	23,516	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	24,178	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	24,841	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	25,518	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	26,227	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	27,068	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	27,810	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	28,516	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	29,220	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	29,936	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	30,646	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	31,360	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	32,184	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	32,869	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	33,661	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	34,542	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	33,651	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	34,081	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.