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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	Albania	Burkina Faso	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	70	3,085	11,075	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	71	3,065	11,405	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	71	3,047	11,828	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	72	3,038	12,380	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	72	3,026	12,829	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	72	3,014	13,178	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	72	2,998	13,540	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	72	2,979	13,917	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	72	2,957	14,309	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	73	2,934	14,722	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	73	2,915	15,152	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	73	2,900	15,600	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	73	2,892	16,064	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	73	2,888	16,563	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	73	2,882	17,072	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	73	2,876	17,575	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	74	2,868	18,094	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	74	2,863	18,621	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	74	2,861	19,157	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	74	2,854	19,698	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	75	2,842	20,242	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	75	2,825	20,788	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	76	2,799	21,336	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	76	2,787	21,889	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

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