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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	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,964	2,348	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	274	20,426	2,403	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,956	2,457	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,549	2,510	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,189	2,562	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,850	2,613	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,516	2,663	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	281	24,178	2,713	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	282	24,841	2,764	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,518	2,816	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,227	2,871	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,068	2,928	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,810	2,986	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,516	3,047	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,220	3,110	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,936	3,174	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,646	3,240	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	291	31,360	3,307	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	292	32,184	3,375	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	293	32,869	3,444	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	294	33,661	3,512	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	294	34,542	3,582	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,651	3,651	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,081	3,696	273,409

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

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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