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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	Oman	Iceland	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	277	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	281	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	285	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	288	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	289	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	293	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	296	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	304	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	311	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	319	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	319	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	318	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	319	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	321	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	324	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	327	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	331	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	335	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	343	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	353	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	361	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	366	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	372	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	380	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.