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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	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,930	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	274	16,329	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,730	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	276	17,132	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,534	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,942	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,423	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	281	19,252	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	282	20,493	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,221	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,542	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	286	22,050	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	287	22,458	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,258	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,901	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	290	19,318	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,272	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	291	17,669	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,327	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,601	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	294	18,440	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,241	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	295	20,226	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	295	20,985	19,715

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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.