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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	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	19,964	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	20,426	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	20,956	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	21,549	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	22,189	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	22,850	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	23,516	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	24,178	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	24,841	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	25,518	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	26,227	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	27,068	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	27,810	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	28,516	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	29,220	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	29,936	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	30,646	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	31,360	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	32,184	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	32,869	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	33,661	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	34,542	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	33,651	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	34,081	108,171

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.