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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	Mali	Saudi Arabia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	19,964	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	20,426	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	20,956	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	21,549	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	22,189	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	22,850	279
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	23,516	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	24,178	281
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	24,841	282
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	25,518	283
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	26,227	285
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	27,068	286
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	27,810	287
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	28,516	288
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	29,220	289
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	29,936	290
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	30,646	291
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	31,360	291
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	32,184	292
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	32,869	293
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	33,661	294
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	34,542	294
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	33,651	295
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	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.

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