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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	Saudi Arabia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	11,075	19,964	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	11,405	20,426	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	11,828	20,956	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	12,380	21,549	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	12,829	22,189	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	13,178	22,850	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	13,540	23,516	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	13,917	24,178	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	14,309	24,841	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	14,722	25,518	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	15,152	26,227	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	15,600	27,068	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	16,064	27,810	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	16,563	28,516	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	17,072	29,220	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	17,575	29,936	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	18,094	30,646	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	18,621	31,360	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	19,157	32,184	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	19,698	32,869	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	20,242	33,661	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	20,788	34,542	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	21,336	33,651	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	21,889	34,081	295

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.