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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosSierra LeoneOmanSaudi Arabia
2733,7362,34819,964
2743,8092,40320,426
2754,0432,45720,956
2764,2872,51021,549
2784,4662,56222,189
2794,6022,61322,850
2804,7082,66323,516
2814,8182,71324,178
2824,9182,76424,841
2835,0232,81625,518
2855,1322,87126,227
2865,2462,92827,068
2875,3642,98627,810
2885,4863,04728,516
2895,6133,11029,220
2905,7443,17429,936
2915,8793,24030,646
2916,0193,30731,360
2926,1633,37532,184
2936,3123,44432,869
2946,4613,51233,661
2946,6113,58234,542
2956,7613,65133,651
2956,9103,69634,081

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, Sierra Leone, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.