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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	Barbados	Bangladesh	Syria
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	15,930
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	16,329
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	16,730
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	17,132
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	17,534
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	17,942
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	18,423
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	19,252
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	20,493
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	21,221
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	21,542
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	22,050
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	22,458
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	22,258
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	20,901
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	19,318
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	18,272
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	17,669
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	17,327
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	17,601
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	18,440
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	19,241
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	20,226
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	20,985

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

Syria

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.