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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	Oman	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,964	2,348	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	274	20,426	2,403	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,956	2,457	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,549	2,510	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,189	2,562	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,850	2,613	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,516	2,663	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	281	24,178	2,713	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	282	24,841	2,764	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,518	2,816	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,227	2,871	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,068	2,928	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,810	2,986	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,516	3,047	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,220	3,110	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,936	3,174	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,646	3,240	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	31,360	3,307	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	292	32,184	3,375	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	32,869	3,444	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	294	33,661	3,512	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	294	34,542	3,582	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,651	3,651	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,081	3,696	29,417

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, Oman, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.