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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	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,964	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	20,426	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,956	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,549	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,189	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,850	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,516	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	24,178	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	24,841	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,518	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,227	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,068	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,810	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,516	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,220	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,936	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,646	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	31,360	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	32,184	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	32,869	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	33,661	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	34,542	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,651	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,081	6,291

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.