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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	Sudan	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,964	26,168	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	20,426	26,771	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,956	27,387	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,549	28,017	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,189	28,662	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,850	29,321	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,516	29,996	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	24,178	30,686	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	24,841	31,393	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,518	32,137	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,227	33,078	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,068	33,891	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,810	34,568	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,516	35,293	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,220	36,093	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,936	37,058	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,646	38,165	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	31,360	39,294	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	32,184	40,512	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	32,869	41,764	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	33,661	42,952	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	34,542	44,121	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,651	45,290	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,081	46,498	530

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, Sudan, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.