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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	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,964	11,075	78
Dec 31, 2000	274	20,426	11,405	79
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,956	11,828	80
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,549	12,380	81
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,189	12,829	82
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,850	13,178	83
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,516	13,540	84
Dec 31, 2006	281	24,178	13,917	85
Dec 31, 2007	282	24,841	14,309	86
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,518	14,722	87
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,227	15,152	87
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,068	15,600	88
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,810	16,064	89
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,516	16,563	90
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,220	17,072	91
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,936	17,575	92
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,646	18,094	92
Dec 31, 2016	291	31,360	18,621	93
Dec 31, 2017	292	32,184	19,157	94
Dec 31, 2018	293	32,869	19,698	95
Dec 31, 2019	294	33,661	20,242	96
Dec 31, 2020	294	34,542	20,788	97
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,651	21,336	98
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,081	21,889	98

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