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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	United States	Moldova	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	273	279,040	4,244	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	274	282,162	4,199	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	275	284,969	4,154	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	276	287,625	4,108	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	278	290,108	4,059	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	279	292,805	4,013	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	280	295,517	3,966	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	281	298,380	3,919	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	282	301,231	3,873	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	283	304,094	3,829	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	285	306,772	3,788	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	286	309,327	3,748	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	287	311,583	3,709	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	288	313,878	3,671	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	289	316,060	3,633	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	290	318,386	3,595	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	291	320,739	3,558	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	291	323,072	3,522	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	292	325,122	3,485	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	293	326,838	3,448	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	294	328,330	3,412	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	294	331,512	3,376	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	295	332,032	3,339	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	333,288	3,570	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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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