Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Moldova	Saudi Arabia	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	19,964	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	20,426	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	20,956	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	21,549	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	22,189	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	22,850	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	23,516	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	24,178	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	24,841	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	25,518	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	26,227	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	27,068	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	27,810	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	28,516	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	29,220	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	29,936	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	30,646	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	31,360	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	32,184	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	32,869	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	33,661	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	34,542	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	33,651	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	34,081	167

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, Moldova, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.