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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	Saudi Arabia	Syria
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,964	15,930
Dec 31, 2000	274	20,426	16,329
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,956	16,730
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,549	17,132
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,189	17,534
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,850	17,942
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,516	18,423
Dec 31, 2006	281	24,178	19,252
Dec 31, 2007	282	24,841	20,493
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,518	21,221
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,227	21,542
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,068	22,050
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,810	22,458
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,516	22,258
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,220	20,901
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,936	19,318
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,646	18,272
Dec 31, 2016	291	31,360	17,669
Dec 31, 2017	292	32,184	17,327
Dec 31, 2018	293	32,869	17,601
Dec 31, 2019	294	33,661	18,440
Dec 31, 2020	294	34,542	19,241
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,651	20,226
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,081	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

Saudi Arabia

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

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; the database as a whole is cited above.