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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,460	51,181	78
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,499	52,782	79
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,554	54,453	80
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,610	56,170	81
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,665	57,860	82
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,721	59,599	83
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,777	61,474	84
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,853	63,479	85
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,954	65,590	86
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,036	67,800	87
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,082	70,114	87
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,097	72,550	88
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,115	75,138	89
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,206	77,792	90
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,696	80,534	91
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,365	83,368	92
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,640	86,229	92
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,688	89,193	93
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,680	92,209	94
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,562	95,232	95
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,331	98,320	96
Dec 31, 2020	294	4,986	101,499	97
Dec 31, 2021	295	4,802	104,767	98
Dec 31, 2022	295	4,713	108,171	98

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.