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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Saudi ArabiaOmanBarbados
19,9642,348273
20,4262,403274
20,9562,457275
21,5492,510276
22,1892,562278
22,8502,613279
23,5162,663280
24,1782,713281
24,8412,764282
25,5182,816283
26,2272,871285
27,0682,928286
27,8102,986287
28,5163,047288
29,2203,110289
29,9363,174290
30,6463,240291
31,3603,307291
32,1843,375292
32,8693,444293
33,6613,512294
34,5423,582294
33,6513,651295
34,0813,696295

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 Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.