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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	Saudi Arabia	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	19,964	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	20,426	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	20,956	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	21,549	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	22,189	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	22,850	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	23,516	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	24,178	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	24,841	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	25,518	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	26,227	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	27,068	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	27,810	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	28,516	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	29,220	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	29,936	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	30,646	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	31,360	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	32,184	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	32,869	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	33,661	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	34,542	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	33,651	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	34,081	2,787

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