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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	Iceland	Barbados	Saudi Arabia	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	19,964	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	20,426	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	20,956	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	21,549	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	22,189	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	22,850	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	23,516	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	24,178	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	24,841	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	25,518	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	26,227	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	27,068	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	27,810	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	28,516	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	29,220	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	29,936	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	30,646	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	31,360	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	32,184	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	32,869	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	33,661	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	34,542	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	33,651	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	34,081	2,787

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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