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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Congo - Kinshasa	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	51,181	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	52,782	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	54,453	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	56,170	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	57,860	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	59,599	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	61,474	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	63,479	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	65,590	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	67,800	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	70,114	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	72,550	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	75,138	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	77,792	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	80,534	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	83,368	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	86,229	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	89,193	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	92,209	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	95,232	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	98,320	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	101,499	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	104,767	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	108,171	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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.