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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	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,460	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,499	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,554	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,610	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,665	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,721	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,777	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,853	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,954	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,036	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,082	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,097	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,115	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,206	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,696	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,365	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,640	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,688	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,680	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,562	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,331	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	294	4,986	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	295	4,802	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	4,713	18,494

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, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.