Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Paraguay	Lebanon	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,366	3,460	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,473	3,499	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,579	3,554	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,683	3,610	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,786	3,665	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,886	3,721	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,984	3,777	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,080	3,853	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,173	3,954	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,264	4,036	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,352	4,082	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,438	4,097	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,522	4,115	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,605	4,206	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,688	4,696	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,769	5,365	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,850	5,640	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,930	5,688	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,012	5,680	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,095	5,562	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,179	5,331	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,263	4,986	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,348	4,802	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,432	4,713	167

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, Paraguay, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.