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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	Qatar	Syria
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	15,930
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	16,329
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	16,730
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	17,132
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	17,534
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	17,942
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	18,423
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	19,252
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	20,493
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	21,221
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	21,542
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	22,050
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	22,458
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	22,258
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	20,901
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	19,318
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	18,272
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	17,669
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	17,327
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	17,601
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	18,440
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	19,241
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	20,226
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.