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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	South Africa	Oman	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,257	2,348	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	274	46,958	2,403	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,820	2,457	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	276	48,480	2,510	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	278	48,951	2,562	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	279	49,478	2,613	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	280	50,054	2,663	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	281	50,667	2,713	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	282	51,339	2,764	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	283	52,077	2,816	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	285	52,862	2,871	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	286	53,682	2,928	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	287	54,518	2,986	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	288	55,356	3,047	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	289	56,215	3,110	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	290	57,075	3,174	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	291	57,947	3,240	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	291	58,830	3,307	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	292	59,715	3,375	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	60,595	3,444	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	294	61,469	3,512	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	294	62,355	3,582	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	295	62,900	3,651	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	295	63,382	3,696	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

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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.