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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	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,964	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	274	20,426	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,956	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,549	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,189	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,850	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,516	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	281	24,178	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	282	24,841	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,518	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,227	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,068	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,810	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,516	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,220	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,936	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,646	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	291	31,360	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	292	32,184	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	293	32,869	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	294	33,661	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	294	34,542	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,651	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,081	34,280

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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.