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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	Hong Kong SAR China	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	6,587	273
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	6,646	274
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	6,695	275
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	6,725	276
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	6,712	278
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	6,765	279
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	6,794	280
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	6,838	281
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	6,897	282
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	6,938	283
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	6,953	285
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	7,004	286
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	7,052	287
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	7,130	288
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	7,159	289
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	7,209	290
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	7,271	291
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	7,316	291
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	7,372	292
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	7,432	293
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	7,487	294
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	7,460	294
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	7,392	295
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	7,387	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 Hong Kong SAR China, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.