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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	Central African Republic	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	3,889	273
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	3,980	274
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	4,054	275
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	4,128	276
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	4,215	278
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	4,289	279
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	4,363	280
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	4,449	281
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	4,544	282
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	4,641	283
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	4,742	285
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	4,845	286
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	4,950	287
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	5,057	288
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	5,167	289
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	5,278	290
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	5,392	291
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	5,507	291
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	5,625	292
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	5,745	293
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	5,874	294
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	6,025	294
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	6,154	295
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	6,291	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 Central African Republic, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.