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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date MoroccoSaudi ArabiaBarbados
28,40019,964273
28,74420,426274
29,09420,956275
29,44721,549276
29,80622,189278
30,16922,850279
30,55223,516280
30,95324,178281
31,35424,841282
31,75425,518283
32,15426,227285
32,55327,068286
32,95127,810287
33,34628,516288
33,73729,220289
34,12429,936290
34,51130,646291
34,89831,360291
35,27932,184292
35,65332,869293
36,01833,661294
36,37534,542294
36,72333,651295
37,10134,081295

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.

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