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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	Lebanon	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	3,460	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	3,499	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	3,554	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	3,610	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	3,665	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	3,721	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	3,777	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	3,853	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	3,954	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	4,036	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	4,082	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	4,097	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	4,115	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	4,206	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	4,696	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	5,365	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	5,640	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	5,688	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	5,680	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	5,562	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	5,331	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	4,986	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	4,802	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	4,713	31,845

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, Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.