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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 BarbadosLebanonBurkina FasoLesotho
2733,46011,0751,908
2743,49911,4051,916
2753,55411,8281,922
2763,61012,3801,926
2783,66512,8291,926
2793,72113,1781,925
2803,77713,5401,922
2813,85313,9171,919
2823,95414,3091,917
2834,03614,7221,915
2854,08215,1521,916
2864,09715,6001,920
2874,11516,0641,925
2884,20616,5631,930
2894,69617,0721,936
2905,36517,5751,942
2915,64018,0941,948
2915,68818,6211,953
2925,68019,1571,958
2935,56219,6981,962
2945,33120,2421,987
2944,98620,7882,013
2954,80221,3362,037
2954,71321,8892,059

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