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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	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,460	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,499	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,554	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,610	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,665	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,721	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,777	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,853	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,954	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,036	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,082	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,097	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,115	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,206	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,696	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,365	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,640	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,688	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,680	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,562	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,331	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	294	4,986	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	295	4,802	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	295	4,713	16,514

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

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