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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	Honduras
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,964	6,198
Dec 31, 2000	274	20,426	6,367
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,956	6,535
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,549	6,698
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,189	6,863
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,850	7,028
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,516	7,194
Dec 31, 2006	281	24,178	7,359
Dec 31, 2007	282	24,841	7,522
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,518	7,682
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,227	7,839
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,068	7,991
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,810	8,141
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,516	8,288
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,220	8,429
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,936	8,546
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,646	8,661
Dec 31, 2016	291	31,360	8,770
Dec 31, 2017	292	32,184	8,878
Dec 31, 2018	293	32,869	9,002
Dec 31, 2019	294	33,661	9,154
Dec 31, 2020	294	34,542	9,304
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,651	9,448
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,081	9,590

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