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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	Namibia	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	1,841	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	1,893	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	1,945	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	1,981	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	2,008	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	2,034	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	2,060	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	2,086	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	2,113	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	2,141	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	2,170	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	2,201	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	2,232	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	2,268	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	2,312	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	2,360	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	2,408	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	2,456	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	2,505	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	2,554	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	2,602	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	2,651	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	2,700	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	2,739	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, Namibia; the database as a whole is cited above.