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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Oman	Syria
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	2,348	15,930
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	2,403	16,329
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	2,457	16,730
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	2,510	17,132
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	2,562	17,534
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	2,613	17,942
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	2,663	18,423
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	2,713	19,252
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	2,764	20,493
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	2,816	21,221
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	2,871	21,542
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	2,928	22,050
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	2,986	22,458
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	3,047	22,258
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	3,110	20,901
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	3,174	19,318
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	3,240	18,272
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	3,307	17,669
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	3,375	17,327
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	3,444	17,601
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	3,512	18,440
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	3,582	19,241
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	3,651	20,226
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	3,696	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.

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

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.