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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	Nigeria
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,460	121,649
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,499	125,014
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,554	128,513
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,610	132,165
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,665	135,971
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,721	139,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,777	143,914
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,853	148,019
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,954	152,195
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,036	156,434
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,082	160,751
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,097	165,142
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,115	169,607
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,206	174,142
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,696	178,737
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,365	183,362
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,640	187,979
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,688	192,594
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,680	197,417
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,562	202,498
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,331	207,699
Dec 31, 2020	294	4,986	213,021
Dec 31, 2021	295	4,802	218,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	4,713	223,735

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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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