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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 TunisiaSaudi ArabiaBarbados
9,41719,964273
9,51420,426274
9,61320,956275
9,71121,549276
9,81022,189278
9,90622,850279
9,99723,516280
10,08724,178281
10,17824,841282
10,27425,518283
10,37726,227285
10,49127,068286
10,61227,810287
10,73728,516288
10,86629,220289
10,99629,936290
11,12430,646291
11,24831,360291
11,36532,184292
11,47732,869293
11,58333,661294
11,68134,542294
11,77233,651295
11,86234,081295

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