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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	Algeria
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,964	30,083
Dec 31, 2000	274	20,426	30,515
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,956	30,952
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,549	31,397
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,189	31,847
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,850	32,320
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,516	32,785
Dec 31, 2006	281	24,178	33,286
Dec 31, 2007	282	24,841	33,866
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,518	34,480
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,227	35,126
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,068	35,805
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,810	36,506
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,516	37,215
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,220	37,930
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,936	38,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,646	39,372
Dec 31, 2016	291	31,360	40,087
Dec 31, 2017	292	32,184	40,787
Dec 31, 2018	293	32,869	41,471
Dec 31, 2019	294	33,661	42,135
Dec 31, 2020	294	34,542	42,779
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,651	43,401
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,081	44,114

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