Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Paraguay	Saudi Arabia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,366	19,964	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,473	20,426	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,579	20,956	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,683	21,549	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,786	22,189	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,886	22,850	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,984	23,516	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,080	24,178	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,173	24,841	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,264	25,518	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,352	26,227	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,438	27,068	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,522	27,810	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,605	28,516	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,688	29,220	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,769	29,936	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,850	30,646	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,930	31,360	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,012	32,184	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,095	32,869	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,179	33,661	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,263	34,542	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,348	33,651	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,432	34,081	530

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, Paraguay, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.