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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	Moldova	Iceland	Syria
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	277	15,930
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	281	16,329
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	285	16,730
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	288	17,132
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	289	17,534
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	293	17,942
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	296	18,423
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	304	19,252
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	311	20,493
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	319	21,221
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	319	21,542
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	318	22,050
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	319	22,458
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	321	22,258
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	324	20,901
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	327	19,318
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	331	18,272
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	335	17,669
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	343	17,327
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	353	17,601
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	361	18,440
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	366	19,241
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	372	20,226
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	380	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.