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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	Haiti
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,930	8,121
Dec 31, 2000	274	16,329	8,279
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,730	8,430
Dec 31, 2002	276	17,132	8,580
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,534	8,739
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,942	8,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,423	9,061
Dec 31, 2006	281	19,252	9,216
Dec 31, 2007	282	20,493	9,364
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,221	9,508
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,542	9,652
Dec 31, 2010	286	22,050	9,553
Dec 31, 2011	287	22,458	9,670
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,258	9,793
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,901	9,922
Dec 31, 2014	290	19,318	10,047
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,272	10,254
Dec 31, 2016	291	17,669	10,486
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,327	10,647
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,601	10,788
Dec 31, 2019	294	18,440	10,933
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,241	11,077
Dec 31, 2021	295	20,226	11,215
Dec 31, 2022	295	20,985	11,349

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