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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	Pakistan	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	273	141,497	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	274	145,759	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	275	150,448	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	276	154,585	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	278	158,209	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	279	161,556	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	280	165,075	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	281	168,846	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	282	172,882	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	283	176,809	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	285	180,690	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	286	184,989	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	287	189,314	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	288	193,569	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	289	197,994	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	290	202,387	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	291	206,716	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	291	210,929	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	292	215,276	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	293	219,927	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	294	224,604	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	294	229,276	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	295	233,942	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	238,413	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

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, Pakistan; the database as a whole is cited above.