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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Oman	Lebanon	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	2,348	3,460	387
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	2,403	3,499	390
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	2,457	3,554	393
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	2,510	3,610	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	2,562	3,665	398
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	2,613	3,721	401
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,663	3,777	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,713	3,853	405
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,764	3,954	406
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,816	4,036	409
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,871	4,082	412
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,928	4,097	414
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,986	4,115	416
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	3,047	4,206	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	3,110	4,696	426
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	3,174	5,365	435
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	3,240	5,640	445
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	3,307	5,688	455
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	3,375	5,680	468
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	3,444	5,562	485
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	3,512	5,331	504
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	3,582	4,986	516
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	3,651	4,802	518
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	3,696	4,713	530

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Oman, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.