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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	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,964	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	274	20,426	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,956	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,549	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,189	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,850	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,516	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	281	24,178	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	282	24,841	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,518	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,227	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,068	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,810	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,516	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,220	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,936	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,646	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	291	31,360	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	32,184	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	32,869	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	294	33,661	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	294	34,542	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,651	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,081	28,237

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