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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	Honduras	Burkina Faso	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,198	11,075	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,367	11,405	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,535	11,828	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,698	12,380	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,863	12,829	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,028	13,178	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,194	13,540	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,359	13,917	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,522	14,309	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,682	14,722	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,839	15,152	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,991	15,600	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	287	8,141	16,064	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,288	16,563	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,429	17,072	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,546	17,575	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,661	18,094	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,770	18,621	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,878	19,157	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,002	19,698	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,154	20,242	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,304	20,788	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,448	21,336	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,590	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, Honduras, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.