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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosEstoniaOmanSyria
2731,3782,34815,930
2741,4002,40316,329
2751,3912,45716,730
2761,3822,51017,132
2781,3742,56217,534
2791,3652,61317,942
2801,3572,66318,423
2811,3492,71319,252
2821,3412,76420,493
2831,3372,81621,221
2851,3342,87121,542
2861,3322,92822,050
2871,3282,98622,458
2881,3243,04722,258
2891,3193,11020,901
2901,3143,17419,318
2911,3123,24018,272
2911,3143,30717,669
2921,3143,37517,327
2931,3183,44417,601
2941,3233,51218,440
2941,3273,58219,241
2951,3293,65120,226
2951,3303,69620,985

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, Estonia, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.