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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	Lebanon	Burkina Faso	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,460	11,075	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,499	11,405	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,554	11,828	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,610	12,380	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,665	12,829	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,721	13,178	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,777	13,540	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,853	13,917	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,954	14,309	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,036	14,722	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,082	15,152	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,097	15,600	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,115	16,064	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,206	16,563	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,696	17,072	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,365	17,575	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,640	18,094	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,688	18,621	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,680	19,157	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,562	19,698	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,331	20,242	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	294	4,986	20,788	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	295	4,802	21,336	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	295	4,713	21,889	13,439

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, Burkina Faso, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.