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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	Sudan	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	26,168	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	26,771	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	27,387	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	28,017	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	28,662	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	29,321	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	29,996	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	30,686	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	31,393	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	32,137	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	33,078	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	33,891	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	34,568	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	35,293	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	36,093	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	37,058	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	38,165	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	39,294	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	40,512	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	41,764	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	42,952	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	44,121	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	45,290	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	46,498	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, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.