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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	Malta	Estonia	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	1,378	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	1,400	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	1,391	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	1,382	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	1,374	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	1,365	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	1,357	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	1,349	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	1,341	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	1,337	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	1,334	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	1,332	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	1,328	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	1,324	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	1,319	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	1,314	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	1,312	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	1,314	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	1,314	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	1,318	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	1,323	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	1,327	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	1,329	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	1,330	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, Malta, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.