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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	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,964	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	20,426	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,956	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,549	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,189	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,850	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,516	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	24,178	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	24,841	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,518	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,227	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,068	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,810	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,516	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,220	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,936	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,646	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	31,360	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	32,184	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	32,869	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	33,661	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	34,542	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,651	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,081	174,217

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.