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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	Saudi Arabia	Barbados	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	273	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	274	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	275	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	276	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	278	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	279	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	280	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	281	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	282	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	283	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	285	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	286	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	287	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	288	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	289	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	290	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	291	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	291	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	292	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	293	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	294	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	294	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	295	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	295	108,171

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 Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.