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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Syria	Oman	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	15,930	2,348	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	16,329	2,403	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	16,730	2,457	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	17,132	2,510	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	17,534	2,562	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	17,942	2,613	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	18,423	2,663	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	19,252	2,713	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	20,493	2,764	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	21,221	2,816	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	21,542	2,871	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	22,050	2,928	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	22,458	2,986	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	22,258	3,047	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	20,901	3,110	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	19,318	3,174	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	18,272	3,240	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	17,669	3,307	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	17,327	3,375	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	17,601	3,444	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	18,440	3,512	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	19,241	3,582	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	20,226	3,651	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	20,985	3,696	7,432

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