Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Burkina Faso	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	11,075	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	11,405	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	11,828	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	12,380	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	12,829	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	13,178	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	13,540	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	13,917	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	14,309	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	14,722	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	15,152	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	15,600	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	16,064	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	16,563	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	17,072	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	17,575	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	18,094	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	18,621	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	19,157	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	19,698	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	20,242	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	20,788	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	21,336	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	21,889	34,081

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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.