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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosSaudi ArabiaSt. Lucia
27319,964152
27420,426153
27520,956154
27621,549155
27822,189156
27922,850157
28023,516157
28124,178158
28224,841159
28325,518160
28526,227160
28627,068161
28727,810162
28828,516162
28929,220163
29029,936163
29130,646164
29131,360164
29232,184165
29332,869166
29433,661166
29434,542167
29533,651167
29534,081167

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.