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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	Laos	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,964	5,286	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	20,426	5,397	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,956	5,499	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,549	5,578	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,189	5,654	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,850	5,746	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,516	5,836	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	24,178	5,931	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	24,841	6,035	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,518	6,145	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,227	6,257	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,068	6,368	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,810	6,477	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,516	6,586	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,220	6,695	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,936	6,804	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,646	6,912	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	31,360	7,019	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	32,184	7,127	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	32,869	7,234	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	33,661	7,343	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	34,542	7,452	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,651	7,560	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,081	7,666	530

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

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