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	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,964	11,075	531
Dec 31, 2000	274	20,426	11,405	545
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,956	11,828	559
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,549	12,380	574
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,189	12,829	590
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,850	13,178	606
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,516	13,540	623
Dec 31, 2006	281	24,178	13,917	640
Dec 31, 2007	282	24,841	14,309	657
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,518	14,722	674
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,227	15,152	690
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,068	15,600	706
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,810	16,064	722
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,516	16,563	737
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,220	17,072	752
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,936	17,575	767
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,646	18,094	781
Dec 31, 2016	291	31,360	18,621	795
Dec 31, 2017	292	32,184	19,157	808
Dec 31, 2018	293	32,869	19,698	821
Dec 31, 2019	294	33,661	20,242	837
Dec 31, 2020	294	34,542	20,788	853
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,651	21,336	869
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,081	21,889	885

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