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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	Italy	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,460	56,940	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,499	56,966	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,554	57,004	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,610	57,114	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,665	57,423	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,721	57,852	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,777	58,191	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,853	58,424	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,954	58,781	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,036	59,236	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,082	59,580	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,097	59,844	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,115	60,052	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,206	60,216	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,696	60,337	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,365	60,346	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,640	60,255	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,688	60,140	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,680	60,027	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,562	59,902	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,331	59,754	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	4,986	59,464	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	4,802	59,158	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	4,713	58,966	2,559

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

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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