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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	19,964	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	20,426	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	20,956	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	21,549	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	22,189	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	22,850	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	23,516	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	24,178	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	24,841	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	25,518	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	26,227	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	27,068	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	27,810	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	28,516	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	29,220	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	29,936	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	30,646	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	31,360	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	32,184	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	32,869	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	33,661	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	34,542	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	33,651	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	34,081	3,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.