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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	Dominica	Lebanon	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	3,460	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	3,499	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	3,554	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	3,610	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	3,665	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	3,721	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	3,777	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	3,853	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	3,954	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	4,036	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	4,082	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	4,097	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	4,115	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	4,206	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	4,696	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	5,365	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	5,640	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	5,688	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	5,680	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	5,562	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	5,331	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	4,986	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	4,802	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	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, Dominica, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.