Population, long-run history: compare countries

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Sudan
Syria

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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	Sudan	Syria
Dec 31, 1999	26,168	15,930
Dec 31, 2000	26,771	16,329
Dec 31, 2001	27,387	16,730
Dec 31, 2002	28,017	17,132
Dec 31, 2003	28,662	17,534
Dec 31, 2004	29,321	17,942
Dec 31, 2005	29,996	18,423
Dec 31, 2006	30,686	19,252
Dec 31, 2007	31,393	20,493
Dec 31, 2008	32,137	21,221
Dec 31, 2009	33,078	21,542
Dec 31, 2010	33,891	22,050
Dec 31, 2011	34,568	22,458
Dec 31, 2012	35,293	22,258
Dec 31, 2013	36,093	20,901
Dec 31, 2014	37,058	19,318
Dec 31, 2015	38,165	18,272
Dec 31, 2016	39,294	17,669
Dec 31, 2017	40,512	17,327
Dec 31, 2018	41,764	17,601
Dec 31, 2019	42,952	18,440
Dec 31, 2020	44,121	19,241
Dec 31, 2021	45,290	20,226
Dec 31, 2022	46,498	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

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 Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.