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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	Burkina Faso	Lebanon	Dominica
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	3,460	70
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	3,499	71
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	3,554	71
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	3,610	72
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	3,665	72
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	3,721	72
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	3,777	72
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	3,853	72
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	3,954	72
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	4,036	73
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	4,082	73
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	4,097	73
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	4,115	73
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	4,206	73
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	4,696	73
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	5,365	73
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	5,640	74
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	5,688	74
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	5,680	74
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	5,562	74
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	5,331	75
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	4,986	75
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	4,802	76
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	4,713	76

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, Burkina Faso, Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.