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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	Luxembourg	Moldova	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	4,244	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	4,199	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	4,154	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	4,108	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	4,059	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	4,013	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	3,966	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	3,919	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	3,873	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	3,829	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	3,788	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	3,748	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	3,709	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	3,671	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	3,633	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	3,595	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	3,558	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	3,522	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	3,485	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	3,448	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	3,412	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	3,376	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	3,339	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	3,570	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.

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, Luxembourg, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.