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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	Morocco	Syria
Dec 31, 1999	273	28,400	15,930
Dec 31, 2000	274	28,744	16,329
Dec 31, 2001	275	29,094	16,730
Dec 31, 2002	276	29,447	17,132
Dec 31, 2003	278	29,806	17,534
Dec 31, 2004	279	30,169	17,942
Dec 31, 2005	280	30,552	18,423
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,953	19,252
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,354	20,493
Dec 31, 2008	283	31,754	21,221
Dec 31, 2009	285	32,154	21,542
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,553	22,050
Dec 31, 2011	287	32,951	22,458
Dec 31, 2012	288	33,346	22,258
Dec 31, 2013	289	33,737	20,901
Dec 31, 2014	290	34,124	19,318
Dec 31, 2015	291	34,511	18,272
Dec 31, 2016	291	34,898	17,669
Dec 31, 2017	292	35,279	17,327
Dec 31, 2018	293	35,653	17,601
Dec 31, 2019	294	36,018	18,440
Dec 31, 2020	294	36,375	19,241
Dec 31, 2021	295	36,723	20,226
Dec 31, 2022	295	37,101	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, Morocco; the database as a whole is cited above.