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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	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,964	2,348	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	20,426	2,403	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,956	2,457	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,549	2,510	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,189	2,562	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,850	2,613	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,516	2,663	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	281	24,178	2,713	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	282	24,841	2,764	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,518	2,816	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,227	2,871	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,068	2,928	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,810	2,986	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,516	3,047	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,220	3,110	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,936	3,174	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,646	3,240	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	291	31,360	3,307	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	292	32,184	3,375	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	293	32,869	3,444	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	294	33,661	3,512	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	294	34,542	3,582	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,651	3,651	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,081	3,696	47,625

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

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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