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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	Saudi Arabia	Moldova	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	19,964	4,244	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	20,426	4,199	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	20,956	4,154	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	21,549	4,108	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	22,189	4,059	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	22,850	4,013	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	23,516	3,966	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	24,178	3,919	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	24,841	3,873	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	25,518	3,829	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	26,227	3,788	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	27,068	3,748	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	27,810	3,709	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	28,516	3,671	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	29,220	3,633	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	29,936	3,595	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	30,646	3,558	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	31,360	3,522	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	32,184	3,485	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	32,869	3,448	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	33,661	3,412	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	34,542	3,376	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	33,651	3,339	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	34,081	3,570	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

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