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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,460	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,499	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,554	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,610	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,665	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,721	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,777	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,853	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,954	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,036	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,082	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,097	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,115	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,206	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,696	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,365	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,640	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,688	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,680	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,562	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,331	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	294	4,986	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	295	4,802	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	295	4,713	31,058

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