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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	Cameroon	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	15,483	273
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	15,913	274
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	16,354	275
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	16,815	276
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	17,289	278
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	17,764	279
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	18,249	280
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	18,746	281
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	19,278	282
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	19,843	283
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	20,419	285
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	21,002	286
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	21,586	287
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	22,181	288
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	22,800	289
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	23,513	290
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	24,273	291
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	24,995	291
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	25,680	292
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	26,373	293
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	27,114	294
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	27,878	294
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	28,663	295
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	29,417	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 Cameroon, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.