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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,930	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	274	16,329	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,730	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	276	17,132	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,534	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,942	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,423	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	19,252	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	282	20,493	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,221	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,542	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	286	22,050	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	287	22,458	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,258	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,901	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	290	19,318	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,272	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	291	17,669	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,327	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,601	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	294	18,440	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,241	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	295	20,226	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	295	20,985	31,058

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