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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	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	273	627
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	274	659
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	275	691
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	276	724
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	278	757
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	279	850
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	280	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	281	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	282	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	283	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	285	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	286	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	287	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	288	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	289	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	290	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	291	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	291	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	292	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	293	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	294	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	294	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	295	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	295	2,559

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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.