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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	Luxembourg	Laos	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	5,286	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	5,397	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	5,499	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	5,578	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	5,654	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	5,746	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	5,836	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	5,931	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	6,035	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	6,145	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	6,257	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	6,368	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	6,477	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	6,586	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	6,695	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	6,804	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	6,912	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	7,019	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	7,127	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	7,234	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	7,343	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	7,452	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	7,560	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	7,666	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

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, Luxembourg, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.