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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	Italy	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,964	56,940	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	20,426	56,966	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,956	57,004	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,549	57,114	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,189	57,423	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,850	57,852	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,516	58,191	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	24,178	58,424	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	24,841	58,781	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,518	59,236	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,227	59,580	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,068	59,844	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,810	60,052	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,516	60,216	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,220	60,337	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,936	60,346	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,646	60,255	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	31,360	60,140	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	32,184	60,027	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	32,869	59,902	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	33,661	59,754	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	34,542	59,464	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,651	59,158	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,081	58,966	2,559

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

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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