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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	Cambodia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	12,122	273
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	12,317	274
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	12,504	275
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	12,691	276
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	12,881	278
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	13,076	279
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	13,276	280
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	13,461	281
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	13,630	282
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	13,808	283
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	13,990	285
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	14,162	286
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	14,322	287
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	14,480	288
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	14,637	289
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	14,793	290
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	14,994	291
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	15,238	291
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	15,480	292
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	15,717	293
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	15,944	294
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	16,149	294
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	16,338	295
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	16,514	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 Cambodia, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.