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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	Cape Verde	Burkina Faso	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	11,075	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	11,405	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	11,828	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	12,380	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	12,829	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	13,178	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	13,540	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	13,917	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	14,309	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	14,722	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	15,152	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	15,600	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	16,064	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	16,563	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	17,072	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	17,575	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	18,094	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	18,621	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	19,157	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	19,698	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	20,242	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	20,788	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	21,336	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	21,889	4,713

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