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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	Philippines	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,460	79,346	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,499	81,131	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,554	83,023	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,610	84,876	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,665	86,697	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,721	88,568	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,777	90,418	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,853	92,253	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,954	94,098	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,036	95,923	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,082	97,627	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,097	99,317	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,115	100,999	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,206	102,618	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,696	104,299	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,365	106,076	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,640	107,868	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,688	109,493	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,680	111,094	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,562	112,843	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,331	114,636	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	4,986	117,026	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	4,802	119,473	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	4,713	121,234	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

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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