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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	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	19,964	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	20,426	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	20,956	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	21,549	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	22,189	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	22,850	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	23,516	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	24,178	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	24,841	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	25,518	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	26,227	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	27,068	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	27,810	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	28,516	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	29,220	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	29,936	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	30,646	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	31,360	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	32,184	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	32,869	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	33,661	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	34,542	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	33,651	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	34,081	7,432

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