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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	Mexico	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	273	97,242	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	274	98,403	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	275	99,599	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	276	100,863	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	278	102,132	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	279	103,334	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	280	104,508	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	281	105,738	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	282	107,083	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	283	108,554	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	285	110,061	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	286	111,468	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	287	112,826	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	288	114,163	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	289	115,471	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	290	116,757	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	291	118,017	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	291	117,444	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	292	118,799	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	293	120,289	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	294	121,872	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	294	123,260	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	295	124,462	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	125,247	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.

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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

Mexico

1550–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Prados de la Escosura, L., (2009), ‘Lost decades? Economic performance in post-independence Latin America’, Journal of Latin America Studies, 41, pp. 279–307. (updated data)
1870-1895: Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford University Press, Table A.2
1895–2003: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350

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; the database as a whole is cited above.