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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosLebanonAlbaniaSenegal
2733,4603,08510,070
2743,4993,06510,305
2753,5543,04710,576
2763,6103,03810,864
2783,6653,02611,172
2793,7213,01411,498
2803,7772,99811,839
2813,8532,97912,204
2823,9542,95712,584
2834,0362,93412,978
2854,0822,91513,382
2864,0972,90013,794
2874,1152,89214,226
2884,2062,88814,668
2894,6962,88215,121
2905,3652,87615,589
2915,6402,86816,066
2915,6882,86316,549
2925,6802,86117,044
2935,5622,85417,535
2945,3312,84218,021
2944,9862,82518,518
2954,8022,79919,016
2954,7132,78719,512

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, Albania, Senegal; the database as a whole is cited above.