Population, long-run history: compare countries
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Population, long-run history by country
Population, long-run history
Annual, Persons, thousands
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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
| Date | Barbados | Lebanon | Burkina Faso | Mauritania |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 273 | 3,460 | 11,075 | 2,437 | |
| 274 | 3,499 | 11,405 | 2,501 | |
| 275 | 3,554 | 11,828 | 2,566 | |
| 276 | 3,610 | 12,380 | 2,632 | |
| 278 | 3,665 | 12,829 | 2,699 | |
| 279 | 3,721 | 13,178 | 2,768 | |
| 280 | 3,777 | 13,540 | 2,838 | |
| 281 | 3,853 | 13,917 | 2,909 | |
| 282 | 3,954 | 14,309 | 2,981 | |
| 283 | 4,036 | 14,722 | 3,055 | |
| 285 | 4,082 | 15,152 | 3,129 | |
| 286 | 4,097 | 15,600 | 3,205 | |
| 287 | 4,115 | 16,064 | 3,282 | |
| 288 | 4,206 | 16,563 | 3,359 | |
| 289 | 4,696 | 17,072 | 3,438 | |
| 290 | 5,365 | 17,575 | 3,517 | |
| 291 | 5,640 | 18,094 | 3,597 | |
| 291 | 5,688 | 18,621 | 3,677 | |
| 292 | 5,680 | 19,157 | 3,759 | |
| 293 | 5,562 | 19,698 | 3,840 | |
| 294 | 5,331 | 20,242 | 3,942 | |
| 294 | 4,986 | 20,788 | 4,045 | |
| 295 | 4,802 | 21,336 | 4,150 | |
| 295 | 4,713 | 21,889 | 4,259 |
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.
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, Mauritania; the database as a whole is cited above.