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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	Saudi Arabia	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,964	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	20,426	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,956	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,549	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,189	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,850	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,516	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	24,178	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	24,841	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,518	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,227	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,068	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,810	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,516	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,220	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,936	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,646	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	31,360	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	32,184	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	32,869	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	33,661	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	34,542	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,651	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,081	39,252

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