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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Burkina FasoOmanLebanonBarbados
11,0752,3483,460273
11,4052,4033,499274
11,8282,4573,554275
12,3802,5103,610276
12,8292,5623,665278
13,1782,6133,721279
13,5402,6633,777280
13,9172,7133,853281
14,3092,7643,954282
14,7222,8164,036283
15,1522,8714,082285
15,6002,9284,097286
16,0642,9864,115287
16,5633,0474,206288
17,0723,1104,696289
17,5753,1745,365290
18,0943,2405,640291
18,6213,3075,688291
19,1573,3755,680292
19,6983,4445,562293
20,2423,5125,331294
20,7883,5824,986294
21,3363,6514,802295
21,8893,6964,713295

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