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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	Togo
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,964	4,852
Dec 31, 2000	274	20,426	4,992
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,956	5,135
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,549	5,278
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,189	5,425
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,850	5,578
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,516	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	281	24,178	5,865
Dec 31, 2007	282	24,841	6,042
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,518	6,220
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,227	6,405
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,068	6,587
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,810	6,772
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,516	6,961
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,220	7,154
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,936	7,351
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,646	7,552
Dec 31, 2016	291	31,360	7,757
Dec 31, 2017	292	32,184	7,965
Dec 31, 2018	293	32,869	8,176
Dec 31, 2019	294	33,661	8,376
Dec 31, 2020	294	34,542	8,579
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,651	8,784
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,081	8,991

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.

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