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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	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,460	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,499	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,554	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,610	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,665	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,721	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,777	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,853	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,954	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,036	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,082	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,097	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,115	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,206	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,696	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,365	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,640	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,688	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,680	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,562	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,331	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	294	4,986	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	295	4,802	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	295	4,713	48,065

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

Uganda

1906-1950: 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.