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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	Syria	Oman	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	15,930	2,348	433
Dec 31, 2000	16,329	2,403	438
Dec 31, 2001	16,730	2,457	443
Dec 31, 2002	17,132	2,510	448
Dec 31, 2003	17,534	2,562	454
Dec 31, 2004	17,942	2,613	460
Dec 31, 2005	18,423	2,663	467
Dec 31, 2006	19,252	2,713	474
Dec 31, 2007	20,493	2,764	482
Dec 31, 2008	21,221	2,816	491
Dec 31, 2009	21,542	2,871	500
Dec 31, 2010	22,050	2,928	509
Dec 31, 2011	22,458	2,986	521
Dec 31, 2012	22,258	3,047	533
Dec 31, 2013	20,901	3,110	547
Dec 31, 2014	19,318	3,174	560
Dec 31, 2015	18,272	3,240	571
Dec 31, 2016	17,669	3,307	586
Dec 31, 2017	17,327	3,375	599
Dec 31, 2018	17,601	3,444	610
Dec 31, 2019	18,440	3,512	623
Dec 31, 2020	19,241	3,582	633
Dec 31, 2021	20,226	3,651	643
Dec 31, 2022	20,985	3,696	651

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 Oman, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.