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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	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,964	2,348	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	274	20,426	2,403	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,956	2,457	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,549	2,510	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,189	2,562	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,850	2,613	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,516	2,663	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	281	24,178	2,713	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	24,841	2,764	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,518	2,816	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,227	2,871	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,068	2,928	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,810	2,986	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,516	3,047	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,220	3,110	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,936	3,174	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,646	3,240	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	291	31,360	3,307	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	292	32,184	3,375	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	293	32,869	3,444	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	294	33,661	3,512	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	294	34,542	3,582	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,651	3,651	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,081	3,696	2,059

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