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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	Liberia	Oman	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,741	2,348	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,847	2,403	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,917	2,457	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,978	2,510	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,983	2,562	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,005	2,613	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,138	2,663	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,311	2,713	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,469	2,764	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,603	2,816	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,708	2,871	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,817	2,928	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,984	2,986	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	3,047	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,244	3,110	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,348	3,174	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,460	3,240	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,576	3,307	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,689	3,375	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,810	3,444	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,904	3,512	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,005	3,582	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,109	3,651	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,216	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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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.