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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	Uganda	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,408	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	274	24,195	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,992	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,846	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	278	26,661	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	279	27,414	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	280	28,200	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	281	29,021	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	282	29,846	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	283	30,647	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	285	31,469	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,343	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	287	33,257	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,234	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,271	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	290	36,419	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	291	37,673	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,157	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,879	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	42,329	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	294	43,639	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	294	45,120	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	295	46,645	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	295	48,065	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.

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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

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.