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	Saudi Arabia	Burkina Faso	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,964	11,075	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	20,426	11,405	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,956	11,828	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,549	12,380	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,189	12,829	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,850	13,178	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,516	13,540	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	24,178	13,917	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	24,841	14,309	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,518	14,722	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,227	15,152	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,068	15,600	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,810	16,064	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,516	16,563	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,220	17,072	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,936	17,575	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,646	18,094	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	31,360	18,621	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	32,184	19,157	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	32,869	19,698	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	33,661	20,242	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	34,542	20,788	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,651	21,336	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,081	21,889	590

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, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.