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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	Qatar	Saudi Arabia	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	19,964	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	20,426	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	20,956	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	21,549	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	22,189	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	22,850	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	23,516	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	24,178	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	24,841	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	25,518	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	26,227	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	27,068	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	27,810	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	28,516	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	29,220	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	29,936	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	30,646	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	31,360	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	32,184	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	32,869	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	33,661	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	34,542	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	33,651	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	34,081	5,907

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, Qatar, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.