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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	Azerbaijan
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,964	8,056
Dec 31, 2000	274	20,426	8,127
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,956	8,194
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,549	8,257
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,189	8,319
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,850	8,391
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,516	8,475
Dec 31, 2006	281	24,178	8,565
Dec 31, 2007	282	24,841	8,657
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,518	8,750
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,227	8,842
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,068	8,933
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,810	9,025
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,516	9,117
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,220	9,210
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,936	9,302
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,646	9,393
Dec 31, 2016	291	31,360	9,481
Dec 31, 2017	292	32,184	9,567
Dec 31, 2018	293	32,869	9,649
Dec 31, 2019	294	33,661	9,727
Dec 31, 2020	294	34,542	9,802
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,651	9,874
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,081	9,918

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