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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	Central African Republic	Syria
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	15,930
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	16,329
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	16,730
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	17,132
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	17,534
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	17,942
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	18,423
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	19,252
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	20,493
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	21,221
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	21,542
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	22,050
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	22,458
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	22,258
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	20,901
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	19,318
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	18,272
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	17,669
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	17,327
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	17,601
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	18,440
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	19,241
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	20,226
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	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

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.