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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	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,930	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	274	16,329	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,730	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	276	17,132	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,534	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,942	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,423	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	281	19,252	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	282	20,493	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,221	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,542	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	286	22,050	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	287	22,458	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,258	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,901	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	290	19,318	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,272	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	291	17,669	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,327	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,601	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	294	18,440	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,241	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	295	20,226	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	295	20,985	5,216

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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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