Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Sudan	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,460	26,168	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,499	26,771	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,554	27,387	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,610	28,017	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,665	28,662	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,721	29,321	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,777	29,996	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,853	30,686	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,954	31,393	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,036	32,137	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,082	33,078	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,097	33,891	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,115	34,568	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,206	35,293	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,696	36,093	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,365	37,058	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,640	38,165	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,688	39,294	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,680	40,512	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,562	41,764	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,331	42,952	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	4,986	44,121	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	4,802	45,290	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	4,713	46,498	651

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

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