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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	Portugal	Burkina Faso	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,144	11,075	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,215	11,405	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,288	11,828	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,344	12,380	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,383	12,829	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,408	13,178	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,427	13,540	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,446	13,917	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,467	14,309	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,482	14,722	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,492	15,152	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,497	15,600	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,481	16,064	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,439	16,563	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,382	17,072	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,326	17,575	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,283	18,094	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	291	10,251	18,621	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,226	19,157	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,209	19,698	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,212	20,242	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,223	20,788	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,214	21,336	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,200	21,889	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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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