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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	Malta	Saudi Arabia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	387	19,964	273
Dec 31, 2000	390	20,426	274
Dec 31, 2001	393	20,956	275
Dec 31, 2002	396	21,549	276
Dec 31, 2003	398	22,189	278
Dec 31, 2004	401	22,850	279
Dec 31, 2005	404	23,516	280
Dec 31, 2006	405	24,178	281
Dec 31, 2007	406	24,841	282
Dec 31, 2008	409	25,518	283
Dec 31, 2009	412	26,227	285
Dec 31, 2010	414	27,068	286
Dec 31, 2011	416	27,810	287
Dec 31, 2012	420	28,516	288
Dec 31, 2013	426	29,220	289
Dec 31, 2014	435	29,936	290
Dec 31, 2015	445	30,646	291
Dec 31, 2016	455	31,360	291
Dec 31, 2017	468	32,184	292
Dec 31, 2018	485	32,869	293
Dec 31, 2019	504	33,661	294
Dec 31, 2020	516	34,542	294
Dec 31, 2021	518	33,651	295
Dec 31, 2022	530	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 Malta, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.