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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	Syria	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,930	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	16,329	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,730	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	17,132	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,534	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,942	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,423	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	19,252	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	20,493	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,221	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,542	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	22,050	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	22,458	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,258	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,901	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	19,318	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,272	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	17,669	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,327	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,601	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	18,440	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,241	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	20,226	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	20,985	6,291

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.