Population, long-run history: compare countries

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Zambia
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	Zambia	Syria
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	15,930
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	16,329
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	16,730
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	17,132
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	17,534
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	17,942
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	18,423
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	19,252
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	20,493
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	21,221
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	21,542
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	22,050
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	22,458
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	22,258
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	20,901
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	19,318
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	18,272
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	17,669
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	17,327
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	17,601
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	18,440
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	19,241
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	20,226
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	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

Zambia

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