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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	South Korea	Oman	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,617	2,348	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	274	47,008	2,403	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,370	2,457	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	276	47,645	2,510	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,892	2,562	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	279	48,083	2,613	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,185	2,663	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,438	2,713	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	282	48,684	2,764	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,055	2,816	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,308	2,871	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	286	49,554	2,928	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	287	49,937	2,986	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	288	50,200	3,047	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	289	50,429	3,110	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,747	3,174	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	291	51,015	3,240	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	291	51,218	3,307	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	292	51,362	3,375	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,585	3,444	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	294	51,765	3,512	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	294	51,836	3,582	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	295	51,745	3,651	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	51,731	3,696	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

South Korea

1911-1990: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing
1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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