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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	Nigeria
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,964	121,649
Dec 31, 2000	274	20,426	125,014
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,956	128,513
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,549	132,165
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,189	135,971
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,850	139,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,516	143,914
Dec 31, 2006	281	24,178	148,019
Dec 31, 2007	282	24,841	152,195
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,518	156,434
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,227	160,751
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,068	165,142
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,810	169,607
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,516	174,142
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,220	178,737
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,936	183,362
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,646	187,979
Dec 31, 2016	291	31,360	192,594
Dec 31, 2017	292	32,184	197,417
Dec 31, 2018	293	32,869	202,498
Dec 31, 2019	294	33,661	207,699
Dec 31, 2020	294	34,542	213,021
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,651	218,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,081	223,735

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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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