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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	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	19,964	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	20,426	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	20,956	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	21,549	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	22,189	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	22,850	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	23,516	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	24,178	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	24,841	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	25,518	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	26,227	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	27,068	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	27,810	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	28,516	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	29,220	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	29,936	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	30,646	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	31,360	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	32,184	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	32,869	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	33,661	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	34,542	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	33,651	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	34,081	7,432

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