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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	Denmark	Lebanon	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,322	3,460	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,339	3,499	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,358	3,554	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,377	3,610	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,391	3,665	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,404	3,721	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,420	3,777	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,438	3,853	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,461	3,954	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,494	4,036	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,524	4,082	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,548	4,097	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,571	4,115	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,592	4,206	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,614	4,696	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,644	5,365	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,683	5,640	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,730	5,688	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,766	5,680	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,795	5,562	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,818	5,331	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,831	4,986	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,855	4,802	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,907	4,713	651

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, Denmark, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.