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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	Oman	Laos	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	2,348	5,286	273
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	2,403	5,397	274
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	2,457	5,499	275
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	2,510	5,578	276
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	2,562	5,654	278
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	2,613	5,746	279
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	2,663	5,836	280
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	2,713	5,931	281
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	2,764	6,035	282
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	2,816	6,145	283
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	2,871	6,257	285
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	2,928	6,368	286
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	2,986	6,477	287
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	3,047	6,586	288
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	3,110	6,695	289
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	3,174	6,804	290
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	3,240	6,912	291
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	3,307	7,019	291
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	3,375	7,127	292
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	3,444	7,234	293
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	3,512	7,343	294
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	3,582	7,452	294
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	3,651	7,560	295
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	3,696	7,666	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.

All data sources

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