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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	Morocco	Oman	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	273	28,400	2,348	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	274	28,744	2,403	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	275	29,094	2,457	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	276	29,447	2,510	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	278	29,806	2,562	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	279	30,169	2,613	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	280	30,552	2,663	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,953	2,713	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,354	2,764	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	283	31,754	2,816	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	285	32,154	2,871	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,553	2,928	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	287	32,951	2,986	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	288	33,346	3,047	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	289	33,737	3,110	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	290	34,124	3,174	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	291	34,511	3,240	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	291	34,898	3,307	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	292	35,279	3,375	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	35,653	3,444	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	294	36,018	3,512	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	294	36,375	3,582	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	295	36,723	3,651	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	295	37,101	3,696	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, Morocco, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.