Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Albania	Lebanon	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	3,460	78
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	3,499	79
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	3,554	80
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	3,610	81
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	3,665	82
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	3,721	83
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	3,777	84
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	3,853	85
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	3,954	86
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	4,036	87
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	4,082	87
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	4,097	88
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	4,115	89
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	4,206	90
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	4,696	91
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	5,365	92
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	5,640	92
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	5,688	93
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	5,680	94
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	5,562	95
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	5,331	96
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	4,986	97
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	4,802	98
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	4,713	98

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.

All data sources

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

Lebanon

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, Albania, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.