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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	Yemen	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	16,728	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	17,236	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	17,762	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	18,310	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	18,855	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	19,410	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	20,000	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	20,611	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	21,236	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	21,878	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	22,533	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	23,195	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	23,880	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	24,594	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	25,311	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	26,020	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	26,698	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	27,347	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	27,985	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	28,608	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	29,216	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	29,811	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	30,399	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	31,058	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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.