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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Lebanon	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	3,460	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	3,499	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	3,554	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	3,610	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	3,665	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	3,721	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	3,777	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	3,853	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	3,954	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	4,036	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	4,082	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	4,097	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	4,115	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	4,206	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	4,696	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	5,365	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	5,640	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	5,688	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	5,680	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	5,562	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	5,331	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	4,986	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	4,802	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	4,713	220

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, Congo - Kinshasa, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.