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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	Romania	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	22,414	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	22,262	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	22,106	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	21,931	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	21,828	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	21,704	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	21,571	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	21,443	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	21,129	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	20,779	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	20,607	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	20,485	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	20,385	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	20,296	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	20,224	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	20,151	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	20,055	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	19,938	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	19,823	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	19,713	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	19,622	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	19,496	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	19,351	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	19,266	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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.