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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	Laos	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	5,286	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	5,397	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	5,499	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	5,578	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	5,654	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	5,746	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	5,836	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	5,931	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	6,035	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	6,145	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	6,257	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	6,368	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	6,477	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	6,586	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	6,695	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	6,804	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	6,912	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	7,019	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	7,127	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	7,234	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	7,343	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	7,452	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	7,560	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	7,666	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, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.