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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	Uganda	Syria
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,408	15,930
Dec 31, 2000	274	24,195	16,329
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,992	16,730
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,846	17,132
Dec 31, 2003	278	26,661	17,534
Dec 31, 2004	279	27,414	17,942
Dec 31, 2005	280	28,200	18,423
Dec 31, 2006	281	29,021	19,252
Dec 31, 2007	282	29,846	20,493
Dec 31, 2008	283	30,647	21,221
Dec 31, 2009	285	31,469	21,542
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,343	22,050
Dec 31, 2011	287	33,257	22,458
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,234	22,258
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,271	20,901
Dec 31, 2014	290	36,419	19,318
Dec 31, 2015	291	37,673	18,272
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,157	17,669
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,879	17,327
Dec 31, 2018	293	42,329	17,601
Dec 31, 2019	294	43,639	18,440
Dec 31, 2020	294	45,120	19,241
Dec 31, 2021	295	46,645	20,226
Dec 31, 2022	295	48,065	20,985

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

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.