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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	Dominica	Afghanistan	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	70	22,206	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	71	22,461	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	71	22,507	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	72	23,600	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	72	25,005	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	72	25,698	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	72	26,335	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	72	27,154	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	72	27,387	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	73	27,706	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	73	28,484	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	73	29,121	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	73	29,758	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	73	30,420	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	73	31,108	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	73	31,823	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	74	32,564	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	74	33,332	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	74	34,125	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	74	34,941	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	75	35,972	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	75	37,034	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	76	38,127	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	76	39,252	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 Dominica, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.