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	Dominica	Oman	Saudi Arabia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	70	2,348	19,964	273
Dec 31, 2000	71	2,403	20,426	274
Dec 31, 2001	71	2,457	20,956	275
Dec 31, 2002	72	2,510	21,549	276
Dec 31, 2003	72	2,562	22,189	278
Dec 31, 2004	72	2,613	22,850	279
Dec 31, 2005	72	2,663	23,516	280
Dec 31, 2006	72	2,713	24,178	281
Dec 31, 2007	72	2,764	24,841	282
Dec 31, 2008	73	2,816	25,518	283
Dec 31, 2009	73	2,871	26,227	285
Dec 31, 2010	73	2,928	27,068	286
Dec 31, 2011	73	2,986	27,810	287
Dec 31, 2012	73	3,047	28,516	288
Dec 31, 2013	73	3,110	29,220	289
Dec 31, 2014	73	3,174	29,936	290
Dec 31, 2015	74	3,240	30,646	291
Dec 31, 2016	74	3,307	31,360	291
Dec 31, 2017	74	3,375	32,184	292
Dec 31, 2018	74	3,444	32,869	293
Dec 31, 2019	75	3,512	33,661	294
Dec 31, 2020	75	3,582	34,542	294
Dec 31, 2021	76	3,651	33,651	295
Dec 31, 2022	76	3,696	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 Dominica, Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.