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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	Iceland	Dominica	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	70	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	71	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	71	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	72	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	72	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	72	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	72	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	72	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	72	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	73	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	73	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	73	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	73	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	73	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	73	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	73	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	74	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	74	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	74	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	74	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	75	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	75	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	76	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	76	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.