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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	Saudi Arabia	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	19,964	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	20,426	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	20,956	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	21,549	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	22,189	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	22,850	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	23,516	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	24,178	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	24,841	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	25,518	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	26,227	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	27,068	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	27,810	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	28,516	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	29,220	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	29,936	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	30,646	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	31,360	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	32,184	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	32,869	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	33,661	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	34,542	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	33,651	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	34,081	21,889

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.