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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	Zambia	Saudi Arabia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	19,964	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	20,426	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	20,956	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	21,549	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	22,189	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	22,850	279
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	23,516	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	24,178	281
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	24,841	282
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	25,518	283
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	26,227	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	27,068	286
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	27,810	287
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	28,516	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	29,220	289
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	29,936	290
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	30,646	291
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	31,360	291
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	32,184	292
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	32,869	293
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	33,661	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	34,542	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	33,651	295
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	34,081	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

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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 Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.