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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	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,930	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	274	16,329	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,730	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	276	17,132	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,534	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,942	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,423	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	281	19,252	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	282	20,493	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,221	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,542	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	286	22,050	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	287	22,458	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,258	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,901	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	290	19,318	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,272	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	291	17,669	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,327	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,601	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	18,440	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,241	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	295	20,226	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	295	20,985	31,845

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