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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	Oman	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,930	2,348	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	16,329	2,403	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,730	2,457	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	17,132	2,510	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,534	2,562	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,942	2,613	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,423	2,663	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	19,252	2,713	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	20,493	2,764	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,221	2,816	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,542	2,871	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	22,050	2,928	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	22,458	2,986	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,258	3,047	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,901	3,110	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	19,318	3,174	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,272	3,240	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	17,669	3,307	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,327	3,375	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,601	3,444	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	18,440	3,512	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,241	3,582	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	20,226	3,651	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	20,985	3,696	108,171

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.

All data sources

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, Oman, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.