Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Barbados	Oman	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	70	273	2,348	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	71	274	2,403	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	71	275	2,457	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	72	276	2,510	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	72	278	2,562	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	72	279	2,613	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	72	280	2,663	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	72	281	2,713	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	72	282	2,764	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	73	283	2,816	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	73	285	2,871	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	73	286	2,928	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	73	287	2,986	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	73	288	3,047	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	73	289	3,110	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	73	290	3,174	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	74	291	3,240	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	74	291	3,307	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	74	292	3,375	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	74	293	3,444	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	75	294	3,512	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	75	294	3,582	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	76	295	3,651	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	76	295	3,696	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, Barbados, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.