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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	Cameroon	Albania	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	3,085	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	3,065	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	3,047	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	3,038	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	3,026	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	3,014	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	2,998	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	2,979	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	2,957	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	2,934	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	2,915	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	2,900	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	2,892	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	2,888	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	2,882	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	2,876	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	2,868	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	2,863	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	2,861	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	2,854	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	2,842	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	2,825	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	2,799	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	2,787	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

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 Cameroon, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.