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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	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,460	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,499	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,554	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,610	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,665	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,721	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,777	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,853	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,954	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,036	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,082	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,097	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,115	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,206	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,696	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,365	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,640	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,688	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,680	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,562	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,331	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	294	4,986	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	295	4,802	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	295	4,713	64,835

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