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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	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,460	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,499	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,554	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,610	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,665	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,721	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,777	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,853	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,954	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,036	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,082	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,097	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,115	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,206	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,696	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,365	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,640	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,688	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,680	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,562	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,331	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	4,986	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	4,802	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	4,713	380

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.

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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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.