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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	Niger
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,460	10,424
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,499	10,785
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,554	11,170
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,610	11,580
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,665	12,015
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,721	12,472
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,777	12,954
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,853	13,459
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,954	13,986
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,036	14,532
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,082	15,092
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,097	15,669
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,115	16,263
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,206	16,903
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,696	17,569
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,365	18,242
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,640	18,957
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,688	19,708
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,680	20,462
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,562	21,228
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,331	22,023
Dec 31, 2020	294	4,986	22,842
Dec 31, 2021	295	4,802	23,691
Dec 31, 2022	295	4,713	24,587

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