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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	Malta	Central African Republic	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	3,889	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	3,980	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	4,054	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	4,128	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	4,215	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	4,289	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	4,363	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	4,449	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	4,544	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	4,641	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	4,742	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	4,845	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	4,950	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	5,057	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	5,167	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	5,278	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	5,392	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	5,507	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	5,625	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	5,745	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	5,874	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	6,025	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	6,154	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	6,291	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, Malta, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.