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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	St. Lucia	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	273	152	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	274	153	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	275	154	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	276	155	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	278	156	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	279	157	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	280	157	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	281	158	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	282	159	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	283	160	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	285	160	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	286	161	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	287	162	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	288	162	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	289	163	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	290	163	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	291	164	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	291	164	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	292	165	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	166	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	294	166	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	294	167	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	295	167	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	295	167	4,713

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.